| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. That which provides a reason or justification: call, cause, ground (often used in plural), justification, necessity, occasion, reason, wherefore. Idioms: why and wherefore. See START. 2. What one intends to do or achieve: aim, ambition, design, end, goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, target, view. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE. 3. A fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal: argument, ground (often used in plural), proof, reason, wherefore. Idioms: why and wherefore. See REASON.
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