"purposefulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English purposeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purposefulness From purposeful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|purposeful|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English purposeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purposefulness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "purposefulness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="purposefulness"> From purposeful + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} purposefulness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being purposeful. Tags: uncountable Translations (being intentional): Zielbewusstheit [feminine] (German), Zielgerichtetheit [feminine] (German), Zielsicherheit [feminine] (German), Zielstrebigkeit [feminine] (German), céltudatosság (Hungarian), szándékosság (Hungarian), целенапра́вленность (celenaprávlennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian) Translations (being resolute): Entschlossenheit [feminine] (German), eltökéltség (Hungarian), határozottság (Hungarian), szilárdság (Hungarian), целеустремлённость (celeustremljónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), реши́тельность (rešítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), реши́мость (rešímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
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