Purpose and Urge

Purpose

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

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

Urge noun - A strong wish for something.

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Purpose and urge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Purpose" instead a noun "Urge".

Nearby Words: urged, urging

common	common purpose	common urge
real	real purpose	real urge
new	new purpose	new urge
heroic	heroic purpose	heroic urge
Other adjectives: driving, apparent, mysterious, greater.

The purpose was to drink lots of water and hold their urge to pee, but the lady drank too much and she was poisoned with water.

Source: Kill It with Water
After Solomom learns that he had received his sworn enemy's heart, he wants to die ... but has a renewed purpose after having a dream where his beloved son and his parents urge him to tell their story to counteract the Nazi group (before it has a chance to re-form).

Source: A Nazi by Any Other Name
In-game, it's used as a secondary income in order to buy plasmids and serves no other purpose, and after a certain point in the game the player will probably have all the plasmids they're ever going to need and won't require any further ADAM, however much the game might urge them to.

Source: Video Game / BioShock

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