different between conclusion vs purpose

English

Alternative forms

• concl. (shortening)

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French conclusion, from Latin concl?si?, from the past participle stem of concl?dere (“to conclude”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?klu???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

conclusion (plural conclusions)

1. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     A flourish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest.

2. The outcome or result of a process or act.
3. A decision reached after careful thought.
4. (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
5. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
6. (law) The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
7. (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (end): endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus: finish
• (end of literary work): epilogue, postamble; see also Thesaurus: afterword

Antonyms

• (end): beginning, initiation, start; see also Thesaurus: beginning

Coordinate terms

• (in logic): premise

Related terms

• conclude
• conclusive
• conclusively
• conclusiveness

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin concl?si?, from the past participle stem of concl?dere (“conclude”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.kly.zj??/

Noun

conclusion f (plural conclusions)

1. conclusion

Related terms

• conclure

Anagrams

• concluions

Further reading

• “conclusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

conclusion (plural conclusiones)

1. conclusion

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin concl?si?.

Pronunciation

Noun

conclusion f (plural conclusions)

1. conclusion

Related terms

• conclure

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?p?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??p?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English purpos, from Old French purposer (“to propose”), from Latin pr? (“forth”) + pono, hence Latin propono, proponere, with conjugation altered based on poser.

Noun

purpose (countable and uncountable, plural purposes)

1. An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
2. A result that is desired; an intention.
3. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[2]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     United began with more purpose in the early phase of the second half and Liverpool were grateful for Glen Johnson's crucial block from Young's goalbound shot.
4. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.

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5. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.

6. (obsolete) Instance; example.

Synonyms

• (target): aim, goal, object, target; See also Thesaurus:goal
• (intention): aim, plan, intention; See also Thesaurus:intention
• (determination): determination, intention, resolution
• (subject of discourse): matter, subject, topic
• (reason for doing something): reason

Hyponyms

• common purpose
• metapurpose

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English purposen, from Old French purposer (“to propose”).

Verb

purpose (third-person singular simple present purposes, present participle purposing, simple past and past participle purposed)

1. (transitive) To have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
2. (transitive, passive) To design for some purpose. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse.

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Derived terms

• purposed
• purposer
• purposive
• on purpose

Synonyms

• (have set as one's purpose): aim, intend, mean, plan, set out
• (designed for some purpose): intended

Translations

References

• “purpose” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “purpose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• "purpose" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.