purport
pur‧port /pɜːˈpɔːt $ pɜːrˈpɔːrt/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
pur‧port /ˈpɜːpɔːt, -pət $ ˈpɜːrpɔːrt/ noun [uncountable]
مفهوم ساختن، فحوا، مفاد، فهماندن، معنی دادن، بنظر امدن، قانون فقه: مدلول، بازرگانی: حاکی بودن از
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Synonyms & Related Wordspurport[verb]Synonyms:- claim, allege, assert, profess
[noun]Synonyms:- significance, drift, gist, idea, implication, import, meaning
Related Words: connotation,
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English DictionaryI. pur‧port1 /pɜːˈpɔːt $ pɜːrˈpɔːrt/
verb [intransitive and transitive] formal to claim to be or do something, even if this is not true
purport to do something
Two undercover officers purporting to be dealers infiltrated the gang.be purported to be something The document is purported to be 300 years old.—purportedly adverb:
a portrait purportedly of Shakespeare [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. pur‧port2 /ˈpɜːpɔːt, -pət $ ˈpɜːrpɔːrt/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Anglo-French;
Origin: purporter 'to contain', from Old French, from porter 'to carry']
formal the general meaning of what someone says
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