Figure and Purpose

Figure

Figure verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Purpose and figure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Purpose verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

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Figure and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Purpose".

good	good figure	good purpose
better	better figure	better purpose
similar	similar figure	similar purpose
original	original figure	original purpose
Other adjectives: benevolent, single, sinister, actual, real, evil, little, dark, main, important, new, major, heroic, religious, political, mysterious.

ability	figure ability	purpose ability
little	figure little	purpose little

Considering Cauldron's entire purpose is to figure out how to kill Scion, he's very wrong.

Source: Fan Fic / The Last Daughter
However, the actual purpose of the investigation seems to figure out which of the suspects is not a Christian, which is not only less needful of a detective, but not even illegal.

Source: Film / Crime of the Age
The ARG attached to the reboot hints that part of the facility's original purpose was to figure out a way of studying these mutations in a controlled environment.

Source: Viral Transformation

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