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An example use of purpose in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… i think that the purpose of life is to …”
Purpose means the reason for which something is done or exists.
the word purpose occurs in english on average 79.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that purpose can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;