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Meanings of purport in inglés

portugués
significado
catalán
intenció
español
intención

The intended meaning of a communication.

intención
español
proponer

Propose or intend.

proponer
español
significado

The pervading meaning or tenor.

significado
Synonyms
Examples for "drift"
Examples for "drift"
1
However, industry sources said that the deadline may drift into early July.
The Irish Times
2
Get-togethers between friends often naturally drift toward other activities as interests change.
Wired
3
The intercontinental drift of consumer culture is far from a simple back-and-forth.
Wired
4
People are exposed through spray drift, residues on food and water contamination.
The Guardian
5
Type B change only by the more gradual process of antigenic drift.
Reuters
Usage of purport in inglés
1
Republicans purport to be responding to a greater need in rural areas.
Ebony
2
The general purport of the book is well represented by the title.
Carried Off: A Story of Pirate Times
3
His Introduction sets out in outline the purport of the entire book.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
4
Such used to be the purport of the protest of the atheists.
System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Miser...
5
Racist groups that purport to be Christian are the opposite of Christian.
Heaven
6
His prophecies, indeed, came true in their general, not their particular, purport.
Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
7
We don't purport to attempt to dislodge the large international engineering firms.
The Irish Times
8
In truth, sir, I do not know the purport of the question.
Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina
9
A few brief extracts will give the key to its general purport:-
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
10
Listen, and reply not; the purport will be vouchsafed to thee anon.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
11
The princess broke it open and read it and apprehended its purport.
Tales from the Arabic — Complete
12
Her heart misgave her as she took it; she guessed its purport.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction
13
The purport of such works is the conversion of pig-lead into white-lead.
The Uncommercial Traveller
14
I am merely making notes; you shall know their purport fully later.
Three John Silence Stories
15
Oscar inquired next what the purport of the letter was to be.
Poor Miss Finch
16
The purport of this is that the church is a collective center.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Translations for purport
catalán
intenció
Purport through the time
Purport across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common