noun
Meaning 1
Import, an intention or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
purport
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈpɜːpɔːt/
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UK: /ˈpɜːpət/
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US: /ˈpɚpɔɹt/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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UK: /pəˈpɔːt/
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US: /pɚˈpɔɹt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A disguise; a covering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To intend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He purported to become an international man of affairs.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the pervading meaning or tenor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- caught the general drift of the conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tenor, strain
noun
Meaning 6
the intended meaning of a communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intent, spirit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meaning, significance, signification, import
verb
Meaning 7
propose or intend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I aim to arrive at noon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aim, purpose, propose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intend, mean, think
verb
Meaning 8
have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The letter purports to express people's opinion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: claim
History
Etymology
From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: իմաստ (imast) — import
- Bulgarian: намерение (namerenie) — import
- Dutch: doel — import
- Dutch: intentie — import
- Dutch: gewicht — import
- Finnish: tarkoitus — import
- Hindi: मुराद (murād) — import
- Italian: intento — import
- Italian: proposito — import
- Italian: ambizione — import
- Italian: aspirazione — import
- Italian: mira — import
- Italian: anelito — import
- Polish: cel — import
- Polish: sens — import
- Polish: znaczenie — import
- Portuguese: propósito — import
- Russian: наме́рение (namérenije) — import
- Scottish Gaelic: brìgh — import
- Spanish: propósito — import
- Bulgarian: загатвам (zagatvam) — to convey
- Bulgarian: претендирам (pretendiram) — to convey
- Dutch: beweren — to convey
- Finnish: esiintyä — to convey
- Finnish: esittää — to convey
- French: prétendre — to convey
- Georgian: გამოსახვა (gamosaxva) — to convey
- Georgian: გამოხატვა (gamoxaṭva) — to convey
- German: vorgeben — to convey
- German: unterstellen — to convey
- Italian: pretendere — to convey
- Italian: supporre — to convey
- Italian: presumere — to convey
- Lithuanian: dėtis — to convey
- Polish: podawać się za — to convey
- Polish: podać się za — to convey
- Portuguese: pretender — to convey
- Portuguese: dizer — to convey
- Portuguese: supor — to convey
- Romanian: pretinde — to convey
- Russian: изобража́ть (izobražátʹ) — to convey
- Russian: притворя́ться (pritvorjátʹsja) — to convey
- Spanish: implicar — to convey
- Spanish: profesar — to convey
- Spanish: expresar — to convey
- Spanish: afirmar — to convey
- Swedish: påstå — to convey
- Dutch: van plan zijn — to intend
- Finnish: aikoa — to intend
- French: avoir l'intention (de) — to intend
- Georgian: ჩაფიქრება (čapikreba) — to intend
- German: beabsichtigen — to intend
- Hungarian: szándékol — to intend
- Hungarian: szándékozik — to intend
- Italian: ambire — to intend
- Italian: anelare — to intend
- Italian: puntare — to intend
- Italian: aspirare — to intend
- Italian: mirare — to intend
- Lithuanian: taikytis — to intend
- Polish: zamierzać — to intend
- Polish: zamierzyć — to intend
- Polish: mieć zamiar — to intend
- Romanian: avea intenția (să) — to intend
- Romanian: intenționa — to intend
- Russian: намерева́ться (namerevátʹsja) — to intend
- Russian: претендова́ть (pretendovátʹ) — to intend
- Spanish: pretender — to intend
- Spanish: intencionar — to intend
- Swedish: avse — to intend
- Turkish: hedeflemek — to intend
- Turkish: niyetlenmek — to intend