Purpose

моти́в

motív

(reason for doing something)

наме́рение

namérenije

(intention)

предназначе́ние

prednaznačénije

(end for which something is done, is made or exists)

причи́на

pričína

(reason for doing something)

реши́мость

rešímostʹ

(determination)

реши́тельность

rešítelʹnostʹ

(determination)

те́ма

téma

(subject of discourse)

упо́рство

upórstvo

(determination)

цель

celʹ

(end for which something is done, is made or exists)

цель

celʹ

(reason for doing something)

намерева́ться

namerevátʹsja

(have set as one's purpose; intend)

служи́ть це́лью

služítʹ célʹju

(passive: design for some purpose)