"purposeful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɜː.pəs.fəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɝ.pəs.fəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purposeful.wav Forms: more purposeful [comparative], most purposeful [superlative]
Etymology: From purpose + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purpose|ful|pos=adjective}} purpose + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} purposeful (comparative more purposeful, superlative most purposeful)
  1. Having purpose; intentional. Synonyms (intentional): deliberate Translations (intentional): умишлен (umišlen) (Bulgarian), opzettelijk (Dutch), céltudatos (Hungarian), szándékos (Hungarian), whaitake (Maori), целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj) (Russian), умы́шленный (umýšlennyj) (Russian), propositivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-purposeful-en-adj-xUlzAHvR Disambiguation of 'intentional': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'intentional': 95 5
  2. Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined. Synonyms (resolute): determined, focused, resolute Translations (resolute): решителен (rešitelen) (Bulgarian), целеустремен (celeustremen) (Bulgarian), vastberaden (Dutch), entschlossen (German), zielgerichtet (German), eltökélt (Hungarian), határozott (Hungarian), szilárd (Hungarian), whaitake (Maori), целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj) (Russian), реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (Russian), propositivo (Spanish), målmedveten (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-purposeful-en-adj-frxyCorf Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'resolute': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'resolute': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intentional, purposive Derived forms: purposeful availment, purposefully, purposefulness Related terms: purposive, nose to the grindstone
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