to the purpose

phrase

old-fashioned

: appropriate to the situation

He didn't say much to the purpose.

Examples of to the purpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Which brings us to the purpose of tonight’s dinner. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2026

Products could be tailored to the purpose. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025

If something feels vague to your team, take the time to share the specifics and connect it to the purpose. — Bala Sathyanarayanan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Over the span of 40 minutes, Kojima and Refn touched on everything from their longtime friendship to the purpose of art itself, and provided some insight into the convergence and symbiotic nature of game development and filmmaking. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025

Now the work of everyone in the firm is linked to the purpose of creating value for customers and is measured in terms of customer outcomes, not just outputs or profits. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025

There are also Supreme Court precedents that restrict the federal government from imposing conditions on grants that are unrelated to the purpose of those grants, or otherwise commandeering state governments to perform a federal government task. — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025

Under this view, the translator makes decisions according to the type of text being translated and to the purpose of the translation. — Sonia Colina, The Conversation, 7 Dec. 2023

Rhymes for to the purpose

• multipurpose