pureness

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pure

(pyo͝or)

adj. pur·er, pur·est

a. Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed: pure oxygen.

b. Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements: pure water.

c. Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous: a pure style of piano playing.

2. Complete; utter: pure folly.

a. Having no moral failing or guilt: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby" (Sylvia Plath).

b. Chaste; virgin.

4. Of unmixed blood or ancestry.

5. Genetics Produced by self-fertilization or continual inbreeding; homozygous: a pure line.

6. Music Free from discordant qualities: pure tones.

7. Linguistics Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal: a pure vowel.

8. Theoretical; not applied: pure science.

9. Philosophy Free of empirical elements: pure reason.

[Middle English pur, from Old French, from Latin pūrus; see peuə- in Indo-European roots.]

pure′ly adv.

pure′ness n.

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Noun	1.	pureness - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material purity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" plainness - the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
	2.	pureness - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil sinlessness, whiteness, innocence, purity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" cleanness - without moral defects
	3.	pureness - a woman's virtue or chastity purity, honor, honour sexual morality, chastity, virtue - morality with respect to sexual relations

pureness

noun

The condition of being clean and free of contaminants:

clarity, cleanliness, cleanness, purity, taintlessness.

Translations

صَفاء، نَقاء، وَضوح،طَهارَه

čistotaryzost

klarhedrenhed

hreinleiki

saflık

pureness

[ˈpjʊənɪs] N → pureza f

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pure

(ˈpjuə) adjective

1. not mixed with anything especially dirty or less valuable. pure gold.

2. clean, especially morally. pure thoughts.

3. complete; absolute. a pure accident.

4. (of sounds) clear; keeping in tune. She sang in a high pure tone.

ˈpurely adverb

ˈpureness noun

ˈpurity noun

ˈpurify (-fai) verb

to make pure. What is the best way to purify the air?

ˌpurifiˈcation (-fi-) noun

ˌpure-ˈblooded adjective

of unmixed race. a pure-blooded Englishman.

ˌpure-ˈbred adjective

(of animals) of unmixed breed; thoroughbred. a pure-bred Arab horse.

pure and simple

(used after a noun) nothing but. It was an accident pure and simple.

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