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purport
[ verb per-pawrt, -pohrt, pur-pawrt, -pohrt; noun pur-pawrt, -pohrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:
a document purporting to be official.
- to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.
Synonyms: , ,
noun
- the meaning, import, or sense:
the main purport of your letter.
Synonyms: , , ,
- purpose; intention; object:
the main purport of their visit to France.
purport
verb
- to claim (to be a certain thing, etc) by manner or appearance, esp falsely
- (esp of speech or writing) to signify or imply
noun
- meaning; significance
- purpose; object; intention
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܰpǰ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of purport1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of purport1
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Example Sentences
Leaving aside that in 2023, 23andMe disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.9 million customers, there’s obviously no guarantee that any potential buyer will share its purported commitment to privacy.
The problem with this logic, though, is that all these purported benefits were seemingly already in place.
Geier’s assignment to review the purported link was first reported by the Washington Post last week.
Wilband presented Mr Wheeler with a document, which purported to be a paternity test, declaring he was the father but it contained obvious errors.
He questioned whether their self-defense claims were valid — their “purported actual fear that their mother and their father were going to kill them the night of the murders.”
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