how to pronounce purpose

/ˈpɜː.pəs/

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purpose is pronounced in two syllables

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ɜː

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An example use of purpose in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to be the first purpose-built death camp …”

meaning of purpose

Purpose means the reason for which something is done or exists.

purpose frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word purpose occurs in english on average 93.4 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.

topics purpose can be related to

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;