Definition as Noun

Definition as Noun

• the pervading meaning or tenor
• the intended meaning of a communication

Definition as Verb

• propose or intend
• ask (someone) to marry you
• put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
• present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
• make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Definition as Verb

• have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
• propose or intend

• aim, purpose, purport

• declare oneself, offer, pop the question

• nominate

• project

• suggest, advise

• drift

• intent, spirit

• aim, purpose, propose

• "I aim to arrive at noon"

• "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

• "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

• "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"

• "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

• "caught the general drift of the conversation"

• "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

• "I aim to arrive at noon"

• Propose vs aim
• Propose vs purpose
• Propose vs purport
• Propose vs declare oneself
• Propose vs offer
• Propose vs pop the question
• Propose vs nominate
• Propose vs project
• Propose vs suggest
• Propose vs advise
• Propose vs drift
• Propose vs intent
• Propose vs spirit
• Propose vs propose

• Purport vs aim
• Purport vs purpose
• Purport vs purport
• Purport vs declare oneself
• Purport vs offer
• Purport vs pop the question
• Purport vs nominate
• Purport vs project
• Purport vs suggest
• Purport vs advise
• Purport vs drift
• Purport vs intent
• Purport vs spirit
• Purport vs propose