Meaning of "purse" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PURSE

Old English purs, probably from Late Latin bursa bag, ultimately from Greek: leather.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PURSE

purse  [pɜːs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURSE

Purse is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb purse in English.

WHAT DOES PURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Purse

A purse is a small bag that may refer to: ▪ Coin purse, small pouch made for carrying coins ▪ Purse, in British English, currency notes, credit card, and other ID cards ▪ Handbag, in American English, as a modern article of fashion as per H J Cave's Modern interpretation ▪ Money bag ▪ Wallet Purse may also refer to: ▪ Purse, the total amount of money paid out to the owners of horses racing at a particular track over a given period ▪ Purse, a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel ▪ Prize money, or "purse money", any type of monetary award given as a prize ▪ Purse bid, in Boxing the aggregate prize money ▪ Purse, a surname ▪ Purse State Park, a state park in Charles County, Maryland ▪ Privy Purse, money in the past British monarchy raised from the income of the Crown Estate lands and holdings ▪ La Bourse, a short story by French novelist Honoré de Balzac...

Definition of purse in the English dictionary

The first definition of purse in the dictionary is a small bag or pouch, often made of soft leather, for carrying money, esp coins. Other definition of purse is a woman's handbag. Purse is also anything resembling a small bag or pouch in form or function.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PURSE

PRESENT

Present

I purse

you purse

he/she/it purses

we purse

you purse

they purse

Present continuous

I am pursing

you are pursing

he/she/it is pursing

we are pursing

you are pursing

they are pursing

Present perfect

I have pursed

you have pursed

he/she/it has pursed

we have pursed

you have pursed

they have pursed

Present perfect continuous

I have been pursing

you have been pursing

he/she/it has been pursing

we have been pursing

you have been pursing

they have been pursing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pursed

you pursed

he/she/it pursed

we pursed

you pursed

they pursed

Past continuous

I was pursing

you were pursing

he/she/it was pursing

we were pursing

you were pursing

they were pursing

Past perfect

I had pursed

you had pursed

he/she/it had pursed

we had pursed

you had pursed

they had pursed

Past perfect continuous

I had been pursing

you had been pursing

he/she/it had been pursing

we had been pursing

you had been pursing

they had been pursing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will purse

you will purse

he/she/it will purse

we will purse

you will purse

they will purse

Future continuous

I will be pursing

you will be pursing

he/she/it will be pursing

we will be pursing

you will be pursing

they will be pursing

Future perfect

I will have pursed

you will have pursed

he/she/it will have pursed

we will have pursed

you will have pursed

they will have pursed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pursing

you will have been pursing

he/she/it will have been pursing

we will have been pursing

you will have been pursing

they will have been pursing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would purse

you would purse

he/she/it would purse

we would purse

you would purse

they would purse

Conditional continuous

I would be pursing

you would be pursing

he/she/it would be pursing

we would be pursing

you would be pursing

they would be pursing

Conditional perfect

I would have purse

you would have purse

he/she/it would have purse

we would have purse

you would have purse

they would have purse

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pursing

you would have been pursing

he/she/it would have been pursing

we would have been pursing

you would have been pursing

they would have been pursing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you purse
we let´s purse
you purse

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to purse

Past participle

pursed

Present Participle

pursing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PURSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «purse» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of purse

award · bag · close · clutch bag · coffers · contract · exchequer · funds · gift · handbag · knit · means · money · pouch · pout · prize · pucker · resources · reward · shoulder bag · tighten · treasury · wallet · wealth · wherewithal · winnings · wrinkle

TRANSLATION OF PURSE

Find out the translation of purse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of purse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purse» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 钱包
• Translator English - Spanish: monedero
• English: purse
• Translator English - Hindi: पर्स
• Translator English - Arabic: جِزْدَان
• Translator English - Russian: кошелек
• Translator English - Portuguese: carteira
• Translator English - Bengali: টাকার থলি
• Translator English - French: porte-monnaie
• Translator English - Malay: Dompet
• Translator English - German: Geldbeutel
• Translator English - Japanese: 財布
• Translator English - Korean: 지갑
• Translator English - Javanese: Dompet
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ví
• Translator English - Tamil: பர்ஸ்
• Translator English - Marathi: पर्स
• Translator English - Turkish: çanta
• Translator English - Italian: borsellino
• Translator English - Polish: portfel
• Translator English - Ukrainian: гаманець
• Translator English - Romanian: poșetă
• Translator English - Greek: πορτοφόλι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beursie
• Translator English - Swedish: portmonnä
• Translator English - Norwegian: pung

10 QUOTES WITH «PURSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word purse.

1

Pietro Aretino

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.

2

Nina Arianda

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

3

Norman Ralph Augustine

The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money.

4

P. T. Barnum

There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.

5

Lindy Booth

I am a lip person. I constantly need a really good lip moisturizer with me. Mine is a Clairin's moisture replenishing lip balm. I have two of them: I have one I keep next to my bed, so it's the first and last thing in the morning and evening, and then 10 times a day in my purse.

6

Nicholas Breton

I wish my deadly foe no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.

7

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

8

Adelbert von Chamisso

On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.

9

Kaley Cuoco

My new iPhone, I'm obsessed. My iPod. I love all the Mac crap. AppleTV, I'm crazy about that. I'd rather buy a new gadget than, like, a purse.

10

Mac DeMarco

I don't necessarily like wearing lipstick; I just think it's funny to do. I think the darker the better, but it's whatever my girlfriend Kiera has in her purse.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURSE»

Discover the use of purse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger.

Kevin Henkes, 1996

Purse-seining with Small Boats

THE PURSE-SEINE When many fish swim close to each other and in the same direction, we call them a school of fish. A purse- seine is a net which catches schools of fish (Figure 2). Figure 2. This is a purse. lt has rings at the top. A string is ...

M. Ben-Yami, 1987

Handbags: the power of the purse

This book features over 900 colour photographs of the most luxurious, witty, covetable and beautiful examples of the bagmaker's art and history.

Anna Johnson, 2002

A Beggars Purse

Do you stop and listen or simply walk away as if the person doesn't exist? Toni Nelson grew up in a beautiful home, set in an idyllic beach community, making friends with the hobos passing through town on the freight trains.

Toni Nelson, 2010

My Granny's Purse

This interactive story book features 14 die-cut pages filled with pullout photos, removable postcards, a key ring, scarf, mirror, and assorted treats--a gift for little girls and the grandmothers who love them.

P. H. Hanson, 2013

National Security Law and the Power of the Purse

In National Security Law and the Power of the Purse, William C. Banks and Peter Raven-Hansen offer a compelling discussion of the constitutional and statutory questions raised by these attacks and in the process suggest answers to these ...

William C. Banks, Peter Raven-Hansen, 1994

The Sacred Purse

Written by, for and about women, this book is a collaborative literary fusion of short stories, poetry, streams of consciousness, and prose."--P. [4] of cover.

Pam Northam, Debi Tomalis Wacker, Cindy Dragas, 2008

Popular Science

Besides, it can be made highly ornamental with tooled or embossed designs. In the accompanying sketches are given the layouts for both a six- and an eight- sided purse, and others with five or ten sides may be constructed just as easily.

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Power and the Purse: Economic Statecraft, Interdependence, ...

The essays here address the relationship between economic interdependence and international conflict, the political economy of economic sanctions, and the role of economic incentives in international statecraft.

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Edward D. Mansfield, Norrin M. Ripsman, 2000

Little Croc's Purse

When Little Croc and his friends find a purse filled with money, they must decide whether to spend the money or turn in the purse.

‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purse is used in the context of the following news items.

Homeless man finds purse, returns it to owner battling cancer

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A man living on the streets in central Pennsylvania has returned a lost purse containing nearly $400 to its owner - a single mother who is ... «CBS News, Jun 15»

3-year-old Ohio boy kills self with gun found in mom's purse

In audio tape of a 911 call released by Hamilton police, a woman identifying herself as the mother of Marques Green said she carried the gun in her purse and ... «CBS News, Jun 15»

Sergey Kovalev bails on Adonis Stevenson's purse bid order

Most believe that if the fight did go a purse bid, Main Events would have no prayer of winning because even if HBO backed the bid it would not be enough to ... «ESPN, Apr 15»

Parents charged with child abuse after toddler finds handgun in …

The couple was shot apparently after the child grabbed a .45-caliber handgun from his mother's purse and fired one shot, striking both his father and his ... «fox6now.com, Feb 15»

Man steals purse from dying woman hit by lorry in Leigh

A man who stole the purse of a dying elderly woman who was lying in the road having been hit by a lorry is being sought by Greater Manchester Police. «BBC News, Feb 15»

Man who was prison no-show cleared in new robbery case

LOUIS - St. Louis prosecutors have dropped purse-snatching charges against a man who had avoided prison for 13 years because of a clerical error after he ... «CBS News, Feb 15»

Franklin Graham charity, Samaritan's Purse, sent suspicious powder

BOONE, N.C. — The FBI says it's investigating a suspicious letter containing white powder that was sent to the headquarters of the Samaritan's Purse charity in ... «Washington Times, Jan 15»

Victim rides hood of purse-snatcher's car in attempt to recover her …

Tammy Elliot, 53, of Northeast Portland chased down a purse-snatcher and climbed on the hood of his car in an attempt to retrieve her property. (Stuart ... «OregonLive.com, Jan 15»

Police: Purse found by marathoner evidence in Belhaven shooting

A discovery by a runner in Saturday's Blues Marathon could help police track down the two men who shot a woman in Belhaven during an armed robbery on ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jan 15»

Hayden Walmart shooting: Purse designed to secure gun

Veronica Rutledge, 29, was killed Monday when her toddler son discharged a handgun he found inside of a purse specifically designed to carry guns. Rutledge ... «KREM.com, Jan 15»