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    [Adjective]  | "pur*pose*ful" | \ ˈpər-pəs-fəl \


    1: having a purpose: such as

    2: meaningful

    3: intentional


    Origin: 1853 ;

    [Adjective]  | "purposeful" 


    1: fully committed to achieving a goal;


      * e.g., " ... a soft-spoken but purposeful criminal investigator "





    2: made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing;


      * e.g., " ... there's a difference between a purposeful lie and an accidental untruth "





     [ "Purpose" ]

    1: A meaning for existence. A reason to stay alive. Something i don’t have.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: “Hey man. Say do you ever wonder what your purpose is?” 

     [ "purpose" ]

    1: The force that drives us.

      * e.g.,  ... Why...? Because I have a purpose 

     [ "on purpose" ]

    1: meaning, it was meant to look accidental, but it was fully intentional for whatever reason, usually to manipulate some one or situation.

      * e.g.,  ... "I know he hated that vase my old boyfriend gave me, so he like dropped it and was all sorry about it and said his hands were wet, well you Know that was on purpose." 


     [ "on purpose" ]

    2: also used as, "not on purpose"

     [ "Purpose" ]

    1: "The beginning of purpose is found in creating something only you understand." - Tyler Joseph

      * e.g.,  ... "A kitchen sink to you, is not a kitchen sink to me, okay friend?" (In which something happened to him that involves a kitchen sink, so therefore that sprouts a purpose for him.) 

     [ "Purpose" ]

    1: Purpose. It's that little flame that lights a fire under your ass. Purpose. It keeps you going strong like a car with a full tank of gas.

      * e.g.,  ... Princeton spent the whole show looking for his purpose. 

     [ "Purpose" ]

    1: That little flame that lights a fire under your ass.

      * e.g.,  ... I dont know how I know, but I'm gonna find my purpose. 

     [ "Purpose" ]

    1: This is an alternate usage of the word purpose. It is often said by school pupils to describe something as being run of the mill or average.

      * e.g.,  ... Today was a purpose day at school. 

     [ "Purposeful" ]

    1: The act of being on purpose, or indicating that something is the opposite of accidental.....okay Mike??

      * e.g.,  ... My absence wasn't purposeful 

     [ "Purposeful" ]

    1: An act or something that is full of purpose. purpose

      * e.g.,  ... Writing a definition is purposeful in a way that many people will read the definition. 

     [ "purpose" ]

    1: The title of that horrible Justin Bieber album that just came out. Seriously what the crap happened to him. All tattooed to make himself look like a nigga. Trying to wear the badass look, but fails miserably.

      * e.g.,  ... Bieber Fan: "Imma going to get that new Purpose album!" 

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