Purposeful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal

having meaning through having an aim

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɜːpəsfəl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɜːpəsfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɜːpəsfəl/

4 syllables Say it as /pˈɜːpəsfəl/.

Examples

led a happy purposeful life

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

purposeless

Parts of Speech

adjective	serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal
adjective	having meaning through having an aim “led a happy purposeful life”

Word Forms

purposefulness

noun

the quality of having a definite purpose

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

zielgerichtet

als Zweck oder Ziel dienen oder dessen Existenz anzeigen

🇫🇷French

déterminé

servir de but ou indiquer l'existence d'un but ou d'un but

🇪🇸Spanish

útil

sirviendo o indicando la existencia de un propósito u objetivo

🇮🇹Italian

propositivo

servire come o indicare l'esistenza di uno scopo o obiettivo

🇳🇱Dutch

doelgericht

dienend als of duidend op het bestaan van een doel of doel

🇵🇹Portuguese

proposital

servindo como ou indicando a existência de um propósito ou objetivo

🇷🇺Russian

целеустремленный

служащий или указывающий на существование цели или цели

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उद्देश्यपूर्ण

किसी उद्देश्य या लक्ष्य के अस्तित्व के रूप में सेवा करना या संकेत करना

🇧🇩Bengali

উদ্দেশ্যমূলক

একটি উদ্দেশ্য বা লক্ষ্যের অস্তিত্ব হিসাবে পরিবেশন করা বা নির্দেশ করা

🇮🇳Tamil

நோக்கமுள்ள

ஒரு நோக்கம் அல்லது இலக்கின் இருப்பைக் குறிக்கும் அல்லது சேவை செய்தல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా

ఒక ప్రయోజనం లేదా లక్ష్యం యొక్క ఉనికిని సూచించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

हेतुपूर्ण

उद्देश किंवा ध्येयाचे अस्तित्व म्हणून सेवा देणे किंवा सूचित करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

હેતુપૂર્ણ

હેતુ અથવા ધ્યેયના અસ્તિત્વ તરીકે સેવા આપવી અથવા સૂચવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ

ಒಂದು ಉದ್ದೇಶ ಅಥವಾ ಗುರಿಯ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലക്ഷ്യബോധമുള്ള

ഒരു ഉദ്ദേശ്യത്തിൻ്റെയോ ലക്ഷ്യത്തിൻ്റെയോ അസ്തിത്വമായി സേവിക്കുക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਦੇਸ਼ਪੂਰਨ

ਇੱਕ ਉਦੇਸ਼ ਜਾਂ ਟੀਚੇ ਦੀ ਹੋਂਦ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਦਰਸਾਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بامقصد

کسی مقصد یا مقصد کے وجود کے طور پر خدمت کرنا یا اس کی نشاندہی کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

有目的的

充当或表明目的或目标的存在

🇯🇵Japanese

目的のある

目的や目標として機能する、またはその存在を示す

🇰🇷Korean

목적이 있는

목적이나 목표의 존재를 나타내거나 나타내는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có mục đích

phục vụ như hoặc chỉ ra sự tồn tại của một mục đích hoặc mục tiêu

🇹🇭Thai

เด็ดเดี่ยว

ทำหน้าที่เป็นหรือบ่งชี้การมีอยู่ของวัตถุประสงค์หรือเป้าหมาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

sengaja

berfungsi sebagai atau menunjukkan adanya maksud atau tujuan

🇵🇭Filipino

may layunin

nagsisilbi bilang o nagpapahiwatig ng pagkakaroon ng isang layunin o layunin

🇲🇾Malay

bermatlamat

berfungsi sebagai atau menunjukkan kewujudan tujuan atau matlamat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هادفة

بمثابة أو تشير إلى وجود غرض أو هدف

🇮🇷Persian

هدفمند

به عنوان یا نشان دهنده وجود یک هدف یا هدف است

🇹🇷Turkish

amaçlı

bir amaç veya hedef olarak hizmet etmek veya bunların varlığını belirtmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַכְלִיתִי

משמש או מעיד על קיומה של מטרה או מטרה

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