Dictionary

purposeful en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɜː.pəs.fəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɝ.pəs.fəl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From purpose + -ful.

Meanings

1. Having purpose: having intention or meaning; intentional.
   • […] particular improvements in the teacher's stimulation and direction of the purposeful activities of children. It indicates, in this particular, growth of the teacher in guiding the purposeful activities of boys and girls. The purposes, in brief, are : 1. Primary purpose: to enable the teacher to grow continuously in stimulating and directing the purposeful activities of boys and girls. 2. Secondary purpose: to reveal teaching difficulties […] 1926, Journal of Educational Method, page 98:
   • […] spend purposeful time with my grandparents where we found out more about each other and had some interesting discussions. 2015 May 12, Kim Chamberlain, Conversation Starters for Every Grandparent: Tips for Talking to (and with) Your Grandchildren, Your Children, and Other Grandparents, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
2. Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined, full of determination.
   • An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:

Forms

Deriveds

nonpurposeful · semipurposeful · multipurposeful · purposefulness · purposefully · unpurposeful · purposeful availment

Relateds

purposive · nose to the grindstone

Synonyms

intentional · determined (resolute) · deliberate (intentional) · purposive · focused (resolute) · resolute (resolute)

Translations (28)

hu céltudatos (intentional) · tr gayeli (resolute) · hu szándékos (intentional) · tr amaçlı (resolute) · bg решителен (resolute) · tr kasıtlı (resolute) · hu határozott (resolute) · tr istemli (intentional) · ru целенапра́вленный (intentional) · tr kasıtlı (intentional) · bg целеустремен (resolute) · tr maksatlı (resolute) · nl opzettelijk (intentional) · hu szilárd (resolute) · bg умишлен (intentional) · sv målmedveten (resolute) · es propositivo (resolute) · de zielgerichtet (resolute) · ru реши́тельный (resolute) · nl vastberaden (resolute) · ru умы́шленный (intentional) · de entschlossen (resolute) · mi whaitake (intentional) · mi whaitake (resolute) · tr kasti (intentional) · ru целеустремлённый (resolute) · hu eltökélt (resolute) · es propositivo (intentional)