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Showing words for PURPOSING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Purposing

purposing

8 Letter Words for Purposing

ingroups, pourings, upspring

7 Letter Words for Purposing

gropius, ingroup, inpours, nigrous, oppugns, popguns, poprins, pouping, pouring, proigns, propugn, prosing, pursing, ropings, rouping, rousing, sopping, souping, souring, sporing, supping, unprops, uppings, upsring

6 Letter Words for Purposing

gipons, gippos, girons, goupin, grison, groins, groups, gruppo, guiros, inpour, ippons, oppugn, orpins, ouping, pignus, pingos, pinups, popgun, poprin, poring, posing, prinos, prions, prison, progun, proign, proins, prongs, pruigo, puring, purins, rippon, roping, rosing, ruings, signor, soring, spinor, spring, sprong, sprung, spuing, suring, ungrip, unprop, unrigs, unrips, upping, upspin, urping

5 Letter Words for Purposing

gipon, gippo, girns, giron, giros, gorps, grins, grips, groin, group, guiro, gurns, inorg, ippon, irons, irous, noirs, noris, nosig, noups, oping, opsin, ornis, orpin, pingo, pings, pinup, pinus, pions, pious, pirns, pirog, pongs, porns, porus, pours, prigs, prion, prius, progs, proin, prong, props, psion, pungi, pungs, purin, puris, rings, ripps, ripup, roins, rosin, roups, ruing, ruins, rungs, sirop, snurp, soign, spiro, spong, sprig, sprog, sprug, spung, spurn, suing, unrig, unrip, uprip, urson, using

4 Letter Words for Purposing

gins, gios, girn, giro, gnus, gois, gons, gorp, goup, grin, grip, gris, gros, grun, grus, guns, gups, gurn, gurs, ingo, inro, insp, ions, ipso, iron, niog, nips, nogs, noir, nori, noup, nous, nurs, ogpu, onus, opus, orig, oups, ourn, ours, pigs, ping, pino, pins, pion, pips, pirn, pirs, piso, pius, pois, pong, pons, pops, porn, pour, prig, prin, prio, prog, pron, prop, pros, psig, pugs, puir, pung, puns, pups, puri, purs, rigs, ring, rins, ripp, rips, risp, roin, rong, ropp, roun, roup, rous, rugs, ruin, rung, runs, sign, sing, sion, snig, snip, snog, snop, snug, snup, snur, soir, song, sori, sorn, soup, sour, spig, spin, spor, spug, spun, spur, sugi, sung, suni, supp, supr, surg, unio, unis, upgo, upon, urns, urps

3 Letter Words for Purposing

gin, gio, gis, gnp, gns, gnu, goi, gon, gop, gor, gos, gou, gps, gro, grs, gui, gun, gup, gur, gus, ign, ing, ins, ion, ios, iou, ipo, ipr, ips, irs, isn, iso, nig, nip, nis, nog, nor, nos, nur, nus, ois, oni, ons, opp, ops, org, ors, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, pig, pin, pip, pir, pis, piu, poi, pon, pop, por, pos, ppi, ppr, pps, prn, pro, prp, prs, psi, pug, pun, pup, pur, pus, rig, rin, rio, rip, rog, roi, ron, ros, rps, rug, run, sig, sin, sip, sir, sog, son, sop, sou, spp, sri, sui, sun, sup, sur, ugs, ung, uni, unp, uns, upo, ups, urn, urp, urs

Definitions for Purposing

[1] the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
[2] an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal.
[3] determination; resoluteness.
[4] the subject in hand; the point at issue.
[5] practical result, effect, or advantage: to act to good purpose.
[6] to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself.
[7] to intend; design.
[8] to resolve (to do something): He purposed to change his way of life radically.
[9] to have a purpose.
[10] on purpose , by design; intentionally: How could you do such a thing on purpose?
[11] to the purpose , relevant; to the point: Her objections were not to the purpose.
[12] the reason for which anything is done, created, or exists
[13] a fixed design, outcome, or idea that is the object of an action or other effort
[14] fixed intention in doing something; determination a man of purpose
[15] practical advantage or use to work to good purpose
[16] that which is relevant or under consideration (esp in the phrase to or from the purpose )
[17] archaic purport
[18] on purpose intentionally
[19] to intend or determine to do (something)

Words related to Purposing

purposefunction, desire, direction, goal, determination, wish, aspiration, view, idea, project, reason, intent, principle, ambition, objective, scope, scheme, target, plan, faith

Words nearby Purposing

purposepurple-fringed orchid, purpleheart, purplish, purport, purported, purpose, purpose-built, purposeful, purposeless, purposely, purposive

Origin of Purposing

e1250–1300; (noun) Middle English purpos < Old French, derivative of purposer, variant of proposer to propose; (v.) Middle English purposen < Anglo-French, Old French purposer

Other words from Purposing

pre·pur·pose , verb (used with object), pre·pur·posed, pre·pur·pos·ing.
re·pur·pose , verb (used with object), re·pur·posed, re·pur·pos·ing.
un·pur·posed , adjective
un·pur·pos·ing , adjective

Word origin for Purposing

eC13: from Old French porpos, from porposer to plan, from Latin prōpōnere to propose

Synonyms for Purposing

ambition, aspiration, desire, determination, direction, function, goal, idea, intent, objective, plan, principle, project, reason, scheme, scope, target, view, wish, animus, bourn, calculation, design, destination, dream, drift, end, expectation, hope, mecca, mission, object, point, premeditation, proposal, proposition, prospect, resolve, will, big idea, intendment, ulterior motive, whatfor, where one's headed, whole idea, why and wherefore, whyfor