on purpose en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately.
That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!
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(archaic) In order to (do something); with the objective that.
Blifil bowed and stammered, and looked like a fool; but Western, without giving him time to form a speech for the purpose, answered, “Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.——He’s come up on purpose, and there is no time to be lost.”
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:I send this to the town, on purpose to have it reach you by the earliest post […].
1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 260:
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
purposefully · malice aforethought
Synonyms
deliberately · willfully · intentionally · purposefully
Translations (107)
eu nahita (purposely, with intention) · pl specjalnie (purposely, with intention) · es adrede (purposely, with intention) · uk наро́ком (purposely, with intention) · ca a propòsit (purposely, with intention) · it di proposito (purposely, with intention) · ka განზრახ (purposely, with intention) · de extra (purposely, with intention) · hy դիտմամբ (purposely, with intention) · pl naumyślnie (purposely, with intention) · te కావాలని (purposely, with intention) · fi tarkoituksella (purposely, with intention) · acw بِالقَصد (purposely, with intention) · sv avsiktlig (purposely, with intention) · cy o fwriad (purposely, with intention) · pl celowo (purposely, with intention) · de zu Fleiß (purposely, with intention) · nl expres (purposely, with intention) · de absichtlich (purposely, with intention) · nl met opzet (purposely, with intention) · ar عَمْدًا (purposely, with intention) · ro intenționat (purposely, with intention) · el επίτηδες (purposely, with intention) · sl namerno (purposely, with intention) · es a propósito (purposely, with intention) · ro cu intenție (purposely, with intention) · de vorsätzlich (purposely, with intention) · es a conciencia (purposely, with intention) · tr bilerek (purposely, with intention) · es exprofeso (purposely, with intention) · sv med vilje (purposely, with intention) · de mit Vorbedacht (purposely, with intention) · sh на́мјерно (purposely, with intention) · sl nalašč (purposely, with intention) · bg наро́чно (purposely, with intention) · nl met voorbedachten rade (purposely, with intention) · acw بِالعَمد (purposely, with intention) · nl opzettelijk (purposely, with intention) · is að yfirlögðu ráði (purposely, with intention) · pt propositadamente (purposely, with intention) · sl namẹ̄noma (purposely, with intention) · fa دانسته (purposely, with intention) · sh на́мерно (purposely, with intention) · srn espresi (purposely, with intention) · fa از قصد (purposely, with intention) · da med vilje (purposely, with intention) · ja わざと (purposely, with intention) · be наўмы́сна (purposely, with intention) · tr bile bile (purposely, with intention) · pt intencionalmente (purposely, with intention) · gd a dh'aon ghnothach (purposely, with intention) · es aposta (purposely, with intention) · sv med mening (purposely, with intention) · pt propositalmente (purposely, with intention) · is vísvitandi (purposely, with intention) · tr kasıtlıca (purposely, with intention) · be знаро́к (purposely, with intention) · cmn 故意的 (purposely, with intention) · fr à dessein (purposely, with intention) · fi tarkoituksellisesti (purposely, with intention) · gu જાણીજોઈને (purposely, with intention) · no med vilje (purposely, with intention) · ca a posta (purposely, with intention) · fr exprès (purposely, with intention) · tr kasten (purposely, with intention) · it intenzionalmente (purposely, with intention) · ota مخصوص (purposely, with intention) · hu szándékosan (purposely, with intention) · hu direkt (purposely, with intention) · sv med flit (purposely, with intention) · cs schválně (purposely, with intention) · no med overlegg (purposely, with intention) · taa srexuneya (purposely, with intention) · uk навми́сне (purposely, with intention) · sh námerno (purposely, with intention) · ko 일부러 (purposely, with intention) · is af ásettu ráði (purposely, with intention) · ja 故意に (purposely, with intention) · it apposta (purposely, with intention) · sw kwa kusudi (purposely, with intention) · fi tahallisesti (purposely, with intention) · pl z rozmysłem (purposely, with intention) · de mit Absicht (purposely, with intention) · ru наро́чно (purposely, with intention) · sl zanalašč (purposely, with intention) · ga d'aon toisc (purposely, with intention) · da med fuldt overlæg (purposely, with intention) · ru созна́тельно (purposely, with intention) · hu készakarva (purposely, with intention) · pl umyślnie (purposely, with intention) · hu szántszándékkal (purposely, with intention) · ca expressament (purposely, with intention) · fi tahallaan (purposely, with intention) · sh námjerno (purposely, with intention) · be наўмы́сля (purposely, with intention) · pt de propósito (purposely, with intention) · ru специа́льно (purposely, with intention) · ka სპეციალურად (purposely, with intention) · he דַּוְקָא (purposely, with intention) · la consultō (purposely, with intention) · es adredemente (purposely, with intention) · ka განგებ (purposely, with intention) · de bewusst (purposely, with intention) · is viljandi (purposely, with intention) · fa عمدا (purposely, with intention) · ru наме́ренно (purposely, with intention) · fr intentionnellement (purposely, with intention)