Often it also provides a report that describes the purpose of the measure.

A mission statement describes the overall purpose of the organization.

The first paragraph describes what is being sent and the purpose for sending it.

That meant they cannot fiddle with the language describing the purpose for which the money can be used.

The gallery describes its purpose to be 'to provide an international platform for young artists'.

The name of the island itself describes the purpose of them being there.

You can think of a "case" as an ending added to a word that helps describe its purpose in the sentence.

In the atrium he describes the purpose of his visit as a courtesy call.

Each command occupies one line, and has a plain English name that clearly describes its purpose.

"Watson seemed dubious when you described our purpose here," said Tuvok.