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purposeful

adj
/ˈpɜː.pəs.fəl/UK/ˈpɝ.pəs.fəl/US

Etymology

From purpose + -ful.

  1. derived from propono
  2. derived from prō-
  3. derived from purposer
  4. inherited from purpos
  5. suffixed as purposeful — “purpose + ful”

Definitions

  1. Having purpose

    Having purpose: having intention or meaning; intentional.

    • […] spend purposeful time with my grandparents where we found out more about each other and had some interesting discussions.

  2. Having a purpose in mind

    Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined, full of determination.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at purposeful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at purposeful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at purposeful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA