Purpose Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Purpose crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on March 6 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Purpose has a total of 3 letters.

Verified Answer
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Definition

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Purpose crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% USE Purpose Wall Street Journal
20% ADHOC Created for a particular purpose Wall Street Journal
20% ADHOC For a short-lived purpose Wall Street Journal
20% UTILITYVEHICLES Purpose-built conveyances and a hint to 17- 23- 37- and 55-Across Wall Street Journal
20% REUSE Find a new purpose for Wall Street Journal
20% LONER One with a single purpose? Wall Street Journal


Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

  • Wall Street Journal Crossword, March 6 2024
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The answer to Purpose crossword clue is USE

There are a total of 3 letters in Purpose crossword clue

The Purpose crossword clue was last seen on March 6 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle


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