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- [pyoo r]
- /pyʊər/
- /pjʊə(r)/
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- [pyoo r]
- /pyʊər/
Definitions of pure word
- adjective pure free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water. 1
- adjective pure unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous. 1
- adjective pure of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog. 1
- adjective pure free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek. 1
- adjective pure clear; free from blemishes: pure skin. 1
- adjective pure (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected. 1
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Origin of pure
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English pur < Old French < Latin pūrus clean, unmixed, plain, pure
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Parts of speech for Pure
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pure popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pure usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pure
adj pure
- a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- a-ok — in perfect working order; excellent
- a1 — in good health; physically fit
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
adjective pure
- abstentious — an act or instance of abstaining.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- aseptic — free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- childlike — You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
verb pure
- antisepticize — to treat with an antiseptic
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
Antonyms for pure
adj pure
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- adulterated — made inferior, impure, etc. by adulterating
- adulterous — An adulterous relationship is a sexual relationship between a married person and someone they are not married to. An adulterous person is someone who commits adultery.
- amoral — If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
- aphrodisiacal — having an aphrodisiac quality
noun pure
- crossbreed — to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
- half-blood — the relation between persons having only one common parent.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- hybrid — the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
- incross — a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
adjective pure
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- contaminated — made impure by the addition of a harmful or undesirable substance
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- curdled — Containing curds.
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