Purpose and Realize

Purpose

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

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

Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Purpose and realize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a verb "Realize".

Nearby Words: real, realise, reality, realistic, realization

meaning	purpose meaning	realize meaning
existence	purpose existence	realize existence

Sketch Comedy: It would seem that Paul's sole purpose is to help James realize how ridiculous his elitist opinions are.

Source: Black Best Friend
It takes a scolding from Raizen for Yusuke to finally realize what his purpose is: protecting his friends and reconciling his identity so he can be happy with Keiko.

Source: Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
This joke makes more sense if you realize Spike had previously demanded Warren build him a robot version of Buffy for the sole purpose of "boffing".

Source: Robosexual

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