Purposeful
adjective
When someone does something with a clear aim or intention.
She has a very purposeful approach to her studies.
Often appears as...
- purposeful approach
- purposeful action
adjective
When something is effectively serving a specific purpose or result.
The charity organized a purposeful campaign to raise awareness about homelessness.
Often appears as...
- purposeful campaign
- purposeful design
adjective
When someone does something with a clear aim or intention.
She has a very purposeful approach to her studies.
Often appears as...
- purposeful approach
- purposeful action
adjective
When something is effectively serving a specific purpose or result.
The charity organized a purposeful campaign to raise awareness about homelessness.
Often appears as...
- purposeful campaign
- purposeful design
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Goal Oriented
'Purposeful' means doing things for a particular reason, aimed toward a goal, not randomly.
His purposeful study routine helped him excel.
Pro Tip 2/3Mindful Action
Using 'purposeful' suggests someone is mindful and thinking carefully about their actions.
She gave him a purposeful nod, indicating she understood the instructions.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Purposeful' often implies that the action is positive and made with good intentions.
His purposeful contribution to the project was well received.
Pro Tip 1/3Goal Oriented
'Purposeful' means doing things for a particular reason, aimed toward a goal, not randomly.
His purposeful study routine helped him excel.
Pro Tip 2/3Mindful Action
Using 'purposeful' suggests someone is mindful and thinking carefully about their actions.
She gave him a purposeful nod, indicating she understood the instructions.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Purposeful' often implies that the action is positive and made with good intentions.
His purposeful contribution to the project was well received.
Pro Tip 1/3Goal Oriented
'Purposeful' means doing things for a particular reason, aimed toward a goal, not randomly.
His purposeful study routine helped him excel.
Pro Tip 2/3Mindful Action
Using 'purposeful' suggests someone is mindful and thinking carefully about their actions.
She gave him a purposeful nod, indicating she understood the instructions.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Purposeful' often implies that the action is positive and made with good intentions.
His purposeful contribution to the project was well received.
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How to raise a Black son...
And it's not that they didn't want me to think critically. Their parenting always sought to reconcile the tension between having my siblings and I understand the realities of the world, while ensuring that we never accepted the status quo as inevitable. I came to realize that this, in and of itself, was a very purposeful form of education.
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A scientific approach to...
because he physically rose or he didn't. I'm not going to get into whether he rose or he didn't, but I would say that's an outer-truth claim. It happened or it didn't happen. But if you say, "I don't care whether he rose from the dead. It's symbolically important to me, and that metaphor is so meaningful, so purposeful to me,
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Love, no matter what PIPE...
and so much more purposeful in my whole life that, speaking for myself, I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world." We live at a point when social acceptance for these and many other conditions is on the up and up. And yet we also live at the moment when our ability to eliminate those conditions
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Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
a theory about motivation and the mood we're in and how the mood we're in determines the things we like or dislike. When we're in a playful mood, we want excitement. We want high arousal. We feel excited then. If we're in a purposeful mood, that makes us anxious.
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Surviving a Box...
along Waikiki, these animals would show up like clockwork, exactly on the lunar calendar, purposefully triggered in the predawn hours to spawn. Her research not only helps prevent jellyfish stings but has led to the creation of a topical treatment currently
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Color blind or color...
but that doesn't add up to a lot, but I'm actually asking you to do something really observe your environment, at work, at school, at home. I'm asking you to look at the people around you purposefully and intentionally. Invite people into your life
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Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
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It's time to reclaim...
to help make it meaningful and purposeful again in a world on fire. I started to wonder, what if we could harness some of the great minds of our generation and think in a bold and robust and imaginative way again
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How the worst moments in...
We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights,
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Chimps Set Up an Ambush...
This is one of them. From the purposeful way in which he's walking, it's clear that the search for prey has started. The other members of the team aren't far away.
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How to raise a Black son...
And it's not that they didn't want me to think critically. Their parenting always sought to reconcile the tension between having my siblings and I understand the realities of the world, while ensuring that we never accepted the status quo as inevitable. I came to realize that this, in and of itself, was a very purposeful form of education.
Video examples
A scientific approach to...
because he physically rose or he didn't. I'm not going to get into whether he rose or he didn't, but I would say that's an outer-truth claim. It happened or it didn't happen. But if you say, "I don't care whether he rose from the dead. It's symbolically important to me, and that metaphor is so meaningful, so purposeful to me,
Video examples
Love, no matter what PIPE...
and so much more purposeful in my whole life that, speaking for myself, I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world." We live at a point when social acceptance for these and many other conditions is on the up and up. And yet we also live at the moment when our ability to eliminate those conditions
Video examples
Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
a theory about motivation and the mood we're in and how the mood we're in determines the things we like or dislike. When we're in a playful mood, we want excitement. We want high arousal. We feel excited then. If we're in a purposeful mood, that makes us anxious.
Video examples
Surviving a Box...
along Waikiki, these animals would show up like clockwork, exactly on the lunar calendar, purposefully triggered in the predawn hours to spawn. Her research not only helps prevent jellyfish stings but has led to the creation of a topical treatment currently
Video examples
Color blind or color...
but that doesn't add up to a lot, but I'm actually asking you to do something really observe your environment, at work, at school, at home. I'm asking you to look at the people around you purposefully and intentionally. Invite people into your life
Video examples
Licking bees and pulping...
As the swarm descends, alarmed humans try to swat them. They even fight back with pesticides that purposefully poison wasps, and inadvertently impact a wide-range of local wildlife. But the wasps are actually vital to this ecosystem.
Video examples
It's time to reclaim...
to help make it meaningful and purposeful again in a world on fire. I started to wonder, what if we could harness some of the great minds of our generation and think in a bold and robust and imaginative way again
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights,
Video examples
Chimps Set Up an Ambush...
This is one of them. From the purposeful way in which he's walking, it's clear that the search for prey has started. The other members of the team aren't far away.
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Kenneth Cole
American Designer
Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues. To the degree you can bring a sense of purpose to what you do, it makes the relationship with the customer that much more meaningful and purposeful.
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.
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Harmony Korine
American Director
I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
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Naturi Naughton
American Musician
I feel like being pregnant and entering this new stage has made me stronger and more excited about life in general. Everything seems so much more purposeful.
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John Bel Edwards
American Politician
People who purposefully mislead the public about issues as important as our kids' education have absolutely no place at the table.
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Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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John Young
American Astronaut
Twentieth century man must boldly reach out... And purposefully strive to discover the hidden secrets of our universe.
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Keri Hilson
American Musician
When I'm writing a song for another artist, I purposefully make it not for me; otherwise, I get too attached.
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Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
I knew that to live a fulfilling life I had to live a purposeful life; a life of service.
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Kenneth Cole
American Designer
Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues. To the degree you can bring a sense of purpose to what you do, it makes the relationship with the customer that much more meaningful and purposeful.
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.
Quote examples
Harmony Korine
American Director
I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
Quote examples
Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
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Naturi Naughton
American Musician
I feel like being pregnant and entering this new stage has made me stronger and more excited about life in general. Everything seems so much more purposeful.
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John Bel Edwards
American Politician
People who purposefully mislead the public about issues as important as our kids' education have absolutely no place at the table.
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Karin Slaughter
American Writer
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
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John Young
American Astronaut
Twentieth century man must boldly reach out... And purposefully strive to discover the hidden secrets of our universe.
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Keri Hilson
American Musician
When I'm writing a song for another artist, I purposefully make it not for me; otherwise, I get too attached.
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Zozibini Tunzi
South African Model
I knew that to live a fulfilling life I had to live a purposeful life; a life of service.
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