Without following construction: = on (also †upon) purpose at phrases 6. Now rare and archaic.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant (8) of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 Without following construction: = on (also †upon) purpose at phrases 6. Now rare and archaic. wide of (also from) the mark1536 figurative. beside (also †besides) the mark, far from the mark, wide of (also †from) the mark: failing to attain a goal or objective; not to the… neither off nor on1549 (either) off or on: (either) one way or another, in any way. neither off nor on: without reference, irrelevant (to); neither here nor there. See also… from the purpose1561 from the purpose: (in a manner) not relevant to the subject at hand; away from the point. Cf. sense 3. Now rare. from (also out of) the bias1600 from (also out of) the bias: not directly relevant; beside the point. Obsolete. from the matter1658 the matter (in various idiomatic uses). Something contemplated, intended, or desired. Esp. in to the matter: to the point, relevant; similarly near… (off) at, in, upon a tangent1825 Mathematics (elliptical for tangent line.) In general use, chiefly figurative from b, esp. in phrases (off) at, in, upon a tangent, i.e. off or… Subcategories:— irrelevantly introduced (1) |
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