underlying purpose
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyingandpurpose
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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purpose
noun
uk/ˈpɜː.pəs/us/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofunderlyingandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In that case we have a great deal of sympathy with theunderlyingpurposeof this amendment.
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I do not know hisunderlyingpurpose, but he is making heavy weather of the whole business.
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I believe that, as it turned out, the social need was not theunderlyingpurposeof what we were doing.
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That has been theunderlyingpurposeof their economic policies.
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It avoids that straight course which would involve the least amount of effort and opportunity for the observer to doubt itsunderlyingpurposeand order.
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Theunderlyingpurposeof this article is to consider the structural causes of the housing problems of individual older people in the private rented sector.
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On the other hand, gestures are often used in situations where theunderlyingpurposeof the gesture is less clear.
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His prevarication over decontrol and his denial that the rent bill should establish market conditions in rented housing seemed to deny itsunderlyingpurpose.
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These concepts are fundamental to health promotion, which has been the consistentunderlyingpurpose of the health visiting service since its inception.
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I am sure that he has anunderlyingpurposein the proposal he makes.
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Theirunderlyingpurposeis to sell the pill or the contraceptives.
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It is difficult to discern theunderlyingpurposeof the amendment.
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We also accept entirely theunderlyingpurposeof the remaining three recommendations in the last category.
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It is theunderlyingpurposeof our foreign policy to increase international understanding.
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Theunderlyingpurposeof our planning policies is to reconcile protection of the environment with the promotion of economic recovery and provision for social change.
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I personally think that theunderlyingpurposeof this new clause is thoroughly good.
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Itsunderlyingpurposeis obvious.
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That has been recognised for a very long time and is theunderlyingpurposeof this amendment.
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