Purpose and Thing

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Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the purpose of the research is to discover how the virus is transmitted

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

Thing noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

Usage example: the important thing is that we get the project back on schedule

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Purpose and thing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Thing".

good	good purpose	good thing
exact	exact purpose	exact thing
particular	particular purpose	particular thing
similar	similar purpose	similar thing
Other adjectives: normal, common, single, obvious, logical, actual, entire, real, evil, little, main, important, new, useful, possible, different.

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