Clues for the word "PURPOSE"

We've had 20 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 35 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on October 20, 2025.

Definition of purpose

n. - That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan.
n. - Proposal to another; discourse.
n. - Instance; example.
v. t. - To set forth; to bring forward.
v. t. - To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon, as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or dependent clause.
v. i. - To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

Last Seen In

Daily Quick - October 20, 2025
Daily Quick - July 14, 2025
Daily Quick - June 12, 2025
Evening Standard Easy - June 10, 2025
New York Times - April 20, 2025
Daily Cryptic - February 19, 2025
Daily Quick - September 23, 2024
USA Today - April 22, 2024
Daily Quick - February 13, 2024
Daily Quick - October 20, 2023
Evening Standard Quick - September 28, 2023
Daily Quick - July 14, 2023
Daily Quick - June 12, 2023
Daily Cryptic - February 19, 2023
Daily Quick - September 23, 2022
Daily Quick - October 20, 2017
Evening Standard Quick - September 06, 2017
Daily Quick - July 14, 2017
Guardian Cryptic - June 26, 2017
Daily Quick - June 12, 2017
LA Times - May 28, 2017
Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 13, 2017
LA Times - September 12, 2016
Guardian Quick - February 11, 2016
LA Times - July 19, 2015
USA Today - July 17, 2015
Guardian Cryptic - June 12, 2013
Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 18, 2011
Washington Post - July 01, 2010
Guardian Cryptic - January 12, 2010
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