"cross-purpose" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Attested (in the plural form) since the 1660s, originally meaning ‘contradictory intentions.’",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-purposes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-purpose (plural cross-purposes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cross-purposes"
        },
        {
          "word": "at cross-purposes"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross-purpose-en-noun-e0wE7fFh",
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "unintentional",
          "unintentional"
        ],
        [
          "misconceive",
          "misconceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cross purpose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
          "word": "南轅北轍"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "naam⁴ jyun⁴ bak¹ cit³",
          "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
          "word": "南辕北辙"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
          "word": "ristiriita"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cross-purpose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-purpose"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cross-purposes"
    },
    {
      "word": "at cross-purposes"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested (in the plural form) since the 1660s, originally meaning ‘contradictory intentions.’",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-purposes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-purpose (plural cross-purposes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
        ],
        [
          "unintentional",
          "unintentional"
        ],
        [
          "misconceive",
          "misconceive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cross-purpose.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-cross-purpose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cross purpose"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
      "word": "南轅北轍"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "naam⁴ jyun⁴ bak¹ cit³",
      "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
      "word": "南辕北辙"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "contrary purpose or understanding",
      "word": "ristiriita"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-purpose"
}