noun
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that which is meant; significance; import; meaning.
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that to which an action or feeling is directed; an aim, end, ultimate purpose; an object.
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some inner drive, impulse, intention, etc. that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way.
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wealth; riches; property; money.
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a thing demanded; a demand.
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the mode in which anything is done or happens; manner.
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employment in or application to a purpose; use.
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that which is adduced to support or justify or serves as a ground or motive for an act, opinion etc.
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anything presented to the senses or the mind, esp. anything visible or tangible; an object.
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physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labour; toil.
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the shape, outline or configuration of anything; structure as apart from colour, material, etc.
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aid; encouragement: comfort.
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a result, effect or consequence.
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the economic or the 'useful' good regarded as a value in life.