PURE definition: free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter. See examples of pure used in a sentence.

The meaning of PURE is unmixed with any other matter. How to use pure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pure.

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 …

If you describe a form of art or a philosophy as pure, you mean that it is produced or practised according to a standard or form that is expected of it.

Definition of pure adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Idiom be as pure as the driven snow (Definition of pure from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

pure /pyʊr/ adj., pur•er, pur•est. free from any extra matter or material: pure enough to drink. not changed by mixing; clear: pure white. complete; absolute:[before a noun] a pure accident. of …

Dec 29, 2025 · From Middle English pure, pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”).

late 18th century (as a noun): from (the real) Simon Pure, a character in Centlivre's Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717), who for part of the play is impersonated by another character. The adjective use dates …

PURE meaning: 1 : not mixed with anything else; 2 : clean and not harmful in any way