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infinitive of purpose

noun

Definitions

  1. The use of the "to" infinitive form of a verb in answer to the implied question "why?".

    • "I bought a pen and some paper to write a note" is an example of an infinitive of purpose.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for infinitive of purpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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