purposive
suomi-englanti sanakirjapurposive englannista suomeksi
tarkoituksellinen
päättäväinen, määrätietoinen
purposive englanniksi
Serving a particular purpose; adapted to a given purpose, especially through natural evolution. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1918|author=Algernon Blackwood|title=The Garden of Survival|url=https://archive.org/details/gardenofsurvival00blaciala|chapter=9|page=142|publisher=Macmillan|location=London
(quote-book)|year=1980|chapter=24|passage=As we saw in our discussion of the FAKE GUN example in chapter 19, there are natural dimensions to our categories for objects: (..) ''purposive'', based on the uses we can make of an object in a given situation.
Done or performed with a conscious purpose or intent. (defdate)
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(RQ:Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four)
(quote-text)|title=The Great Nation|page=191|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2003
Pertaining to purpose, as reflected in behaviour or mental activity. (defdate)
(RQ:Lawrence Women in Love)
{{quote-text|en|year=1964|author=C. S. Lewis|title=The Discarded Image|url=https://www.fadedpage.com/books/20180884/html.php|chapter=5|page=93|publisher=Cambridge University Press
Pertaining to or demonstrating purpose. (defdate)
(quote-text)|title=Religion and the Decline of Magic|page=78|publisher=Folio Society|year_published=2012
Possessed of a firm purpose. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=1993|author=Vikram Seth|title=A Suitable Boy|location=Boston|publisher=Little, Brown|section=Part One, 1.15, p. 45|url=https://archive.org/details/suitableboy00vikr
Of a clause or conjunction: expressing purpose. (defdate)
{{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Olga Fischer; et al|title=The Syntax of Early English|chapter=7|page=212|publisher=Cambridge University Press