why+and+wherefore
61meaning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Significance Nouns 1. meaning, significance, signification, force; sense, expression; import, purport, implication, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing; scope, purpose, aim, intent, intention, object, thrust;… …
62ambition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. purpose, wish, hope, desire, intention; aspiration, goal, end; resolve; zeal. See desire. Ant., indifference, satisfaction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Eager deSire] Syn. aspiration, ambitiousness, drive,… …
63intention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Purpose Nouns 1. intention, intent, intentionality; purpose; project, plan, undertaking; predetermination; design, ambition; contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; lookout; decision,… …
64mark — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. goal; imprint, stain; label, badge; token, symptom; symbol; standard, demarcation. See indication. v. t. inscribe, stain; note; check, indicate; delimit. See attention, speciality. mark down II (Roget …
65object — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thing, item; goal, aim, purpose, objective. See substance, intention. v. i. disapprove, demur, challenge, protest, resist, kick. See disapprobation, dissent, unity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A corporeal… …
66objective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unemotional, unprejudiced, unbiased, impersonal. See extrinsic. n. object, goal, aim, ambition. See intention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Existing independently of the mind] Syn. actual, external,… …
67cause — n 1. occasion, source, root, origin, foun tainhead, mainspring; agent, mover, prime mover; author, creator, producer, originator, parent, sire. 2. reason, reason why, why and wherefore, the why, Inf. what for; rationale, motive, explanation;… …
68design — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plan, intention, scheme, project; representation, drawing, diagram, pattern; decoration; purpose, method. v. t. plan, intend; draw, sketch. See painting. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Arrangement for… …
69intent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See intention. adj. earnest, sincere; absorbed, engrossed; bent (on). See attention, resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Absorbed] Syn. engrossed, attentive, concentrating; see enthusiastic 1 ,… …
70point — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. object, meaning, significance, intent, aim; speck, dot, spot; place, location; pin, needle, prick, spike, prong, tip, end; limit; goal, site. See importance, sharpness, littleness. v. aim; face, tend …
