| PURPOSE | • purpose n. The end for which something is done, is made or exists. • purpose n. Function, role. • purpose n. (Sense of having a) meaning for existing or doing something. |
| PURPOSED | • purposed adj. Intentional, deliberate. • purposed adj. (Rare) Having a purpose or aim; determined. • purposed v. Simple past tense and past participle of purpose. |
| PURPOSES | • purposes n. Plural of purpose. • purposes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of purpose. • PURPOSE v. to intend to accomplish. |
| PURPOSELY | • purposely adv. On purpose; intentionally. • PURPOSELY adv. deliberately. |
| PURPOSING | • purposing v. Present participle of purpose. • purposing n. The act of forming a purpose. • PURPOSE v. to intend to accomplish. |
| PURPOSIVE | • purposive adj. Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. • purposive adj. Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. • purposive adj. (Psychology) Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. |
| PURPOSEFUL | • purposeful adj. Having purpose; intentional. • purposeful adj. Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined. • PURPOSEFUL adj. showing purpose. |
| PURPOSELESS | • purposeless adj. Without purpose. • PURPOSELESS adj. having no purpose. |
| PURPOSIVELY | • purposively adv. In a purposive manner. • PURPOSIVE adv. directed towards an end. |
| PURPOSEFULLY | • purposefully adv. In a purposeful manner. • purposefully adv. (Proscribed) On purpose, purposely, deliberately. • PURPOSEFUL adv. showing purpose. |
| PURPOSELESSLY | • purposelessly adv. In a purposeless manner; to no end; for no reason. • PURPOSELESS adv. having no purpose. |
| PURPOSIVENESS | • purposiveness n. The state or condition of being purposive. • PURPOSIVE n. directed towards an end. |
| PURPOSEFULNESS | • purposefulness n. The state of being purposeful. • PURPOSEFUL n. showing purpose. |
| PURPOSELESSNESS | • purposelessness n. The state of being purposeless. • PURPOSELESS n. having no purpose. |
| PURPOSIVENESSES | • purposivenesses n. Plural of purposiveness. • PURPOSIVENESS n. PURPOSIVE, directed towards an end. |