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pure

[pyoor]

adjective

purer, purest 
  1. free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.

    pure gold;

    pure water.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

  3. of unmixed descent or ancestry.

    a pure breed of dog.

  4. free from foreign or inappropriate elements.

    pure Attic Greek.

  5. clear; free from blemishes.

    pure skin.

  6. (of literary style) straightforward; unaffected.

  7. abstract or theoretical (applied ).

    pure science.

  8. without any discordant quality; clear and true.

    pure tones in music.

  9. absolute; utter; sheer.

    to sing for pure joy.

  10. being that and nothing else; mere.

    a pure accident.

  11. clean, spotless, or unsullied.

    pure hands.

  12. untainted with evil; innocent.

    pure in heart.

    Synonyms: ,
  13. physically chaste; virgin.

  14. ceremonially or ritually clean.

  15. free of or without guilt; guiltless.

  16. independent of sense or experience.

    pure knowledge.

  17. Biology, Genetics.

    1. homozygous.

    2. containing only one characteristic for a trait.

  18. Phonetics.monophthongal.



pure

/ ʊə /

adjective

  1. not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc

    pure nitrogen

  2. free from tainting or polluting matter; clean; wholesome

    pure water

  3. free from moral taint or defilement

    pure love

  4. (prenominal) (intensifier)

    pure stupidity

    a pure coincidence

  5. (of a subject, etc) studied in its theoretical aspects rather than for its practical applications Compare applied

    pure mathematics

    pure science

  6. (of a vowel) pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthongal

  7. (of a consonant) not accompanied by another consonant

  8. of supposedly unmixed racial descent

  9. genetics biology breeding true for one or more characteristics; homozygous

  10. music

    1. (of a sound) composed of a single frequency without overtones

    2. (of intervals in the system of just intonation) mathematically accurate in respect to the ratio of one frequency to another

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pureness noun
  • hyperpure adjective
  • hyperpurely adverb
  • hyperpureness noun
  • superpure adjective
  • unpure adjective
  • unpurely adverb
  • unpureness noun
  • ˈܰԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pure1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin ūܲ “clean, unmixed, plain, pure”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pure1

C13: from Old French pur, from Latin ūܲ unstained
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Synonym Study

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And is love in its purest and simplest form enough in a world dictated by cash flow and ruled by big egos?

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Police have described the disorder as "racist thuggery, pure and simple" and targeted at ethnic minorities and law enforcement.

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First Minister Michelle O'Neill said what was happening in Ballymena was "pure racism, there's no other way to dress it up".

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"It's not 'pure' in the sense that every team plays equal games, that there's genuine jeopardy in terms of who might win, central marketing, revenue sharing and collective selling," Grave explained.

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Programs that superficially appear to be pure science but that provide data crucial for planning the missions to the moon and Mars are being terminated.

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