Hand and Purpose

Hand

Hand noun - A certain way in which something appears or may be regarded.

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Purpose and hand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

Purpose noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: still trying to discover her purpose in life

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Hand and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand" instead a noun "Purpose".

good	good hand	good purpose
better	better hand	better purpose
normal	normal hand	normal purpose
single	single hand	single purpose
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, little, main, new, major, possible, final, opposite.

For example, one may only kiss the hand of a woman who specifically offers her hand for this purpose.

Source: I Kiss Your Hand
As Juri discusses with Seth, her entire purpose in life was to avenge her parents' murder at Bison's hand and now that Bison was (seemingly) dead, that purpose was stolen from her.

Source: Characters / Street Fighter IV
The purpose of all those weapons is actually to make Munakata weaker, since in hand-to-hand combat just one hit from him would be fatal and he doesn't want to kill anybody.

Source: Unskilled, but Strong

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