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purport

pur·port
P p

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    • UK Pronunciation
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    • [verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /verb pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt; noun ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt/
    • /pəˈpɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /verb pərˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt, ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt; noun ˈpɜr pɔrt, -poʊrt/

Definitions of purport word

  • verb with object purport to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official. 1
  • verb with object purport to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply. 1
  • noun purport the meaning, import, or sense: the main purport of your letter. 1
  • noun purport purpose; intention; object: the main purport of their visit to France. 1
  • transitive verb purport claim to be 1
  • verb purport If you say that someone or something purports to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim. 0

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Origin of purport

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; (v.) late Middle English purporten < Anglo-French purporter to convey, equivalent to pur- pro-1 + porter to carry (< Latin portāre); (noun) late Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Purport

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

purport popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for purport

noun purport

  • acceptation — the accepted meaning, as of a word, phrase, etc
  • aftereffect — The aftereffects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
  • amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
  • conation — the element in psychological processes that tends towards activity or change and appears as desire, volition, and striving
  • core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.

verb purport

  • add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
  • come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
  • insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
  • make as if — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.

adj purport

  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • goalless — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
  • in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
  • insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.

adjective purport

  • designless — without a design, unplanned
  • floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
  • minim — the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
  • nongermane — Not germane; irrelevant.
  • nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.

Antonyms for purport

adjective purport

  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.

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