purport
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the intended meaning of a communication
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
The letter purports to express people's opinion
Types & categories
- claim hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the pervading meaning or tenor
caught the general drift of the conversation
Types & categories
- tenor hypernym
Related & opposite
- aim derivation
Sense 4 verb
propose or intend
I aim to arrive at noon
Types & categories
- intend hypernym
Related & opposite
- determination derivation
- objective derivation
- intention derivation
- purport derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purpose |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mean |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | claim |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aim |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tenor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | determination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | objective |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intention |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | purport |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | intend |