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Definition of purposeful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

purposeful

adjective
 
/ˈpɜːpəsfl/
 
/ˈpɜːrpəsfl/
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  1. having a useful purpose; acting with a clear aim and with determination
    • Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders.
    • She looked purposeful and determined.
    • It is only in the past 20 years that this data has been gathered in any purposeful way.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPurposeful is used with these nouns:
    • stride
    • work
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See purposeful in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee purposeful in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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