"purpose" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

purpose sustantivo

sustantivo + purpose
Kolokacji: 104
tax purpose • research purpose • training purpose • security purpose • business purpose • purpose of one's visit • entertainment purpose • ...
purpose + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 5
purpose vehicle • purpose computer • purpose entity • purpose processor • purpose fund
purpose + verbo
Kolokacji: 16
purpose seems • purpose includes • purpose builds • UK purpose defeats • UK purpose solves • ...
verbo + purpose
Kolokacji: 102
give purpose • intend for purposes • provide for purposes • suit one's purposes • purpose listed • achieve one's purpose • ...
adjetivo + purpose
Kolokacji: 290
main purpose • primary purpose • sole purpose • practical purpose • informational purpose • original purpose • political purpose • ...
preposición + purpose
Kolokacji: 15
on purpose • without purpose • for purposes • of purpose • from one's purpose • ...
1. on purpose = celowo, umyślnie, specjalnie on purpose
  • They were new since his last view of the room and he wondered at their purpose.
  • I think we may be talking at cross purposes here.
  • Still, everything had been going at cross purposes for me since she came into the picture.
  • Since the 2007 you guys have been at cross purposes from us.
  • The two of them seemed to be talking at cross purposes.
  • It would not do for her to guess again at his own hidden purpose.
  • It took me but a moment's pause to guess at their purpose.
  • Hidden hands were in the game, working at secret purposes.
  • "It seems we've been working at cross purposes for the past few months."
  • "They are working at cross purposes over a short period," she said.

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