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Meanings of purposive in English

Having a purpose.

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Purposive.

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Usage of purposive in English
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Success appears dependent on committed leadership and purposive human and structural resources.
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What is the purposive nature of the behavior of being overly cautious?
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
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An odd unhurriedness to the movement, a unifying lack of purposive dispersal.
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Our next exploration will be as purposive as the first was random.
Gather, Darkness!
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To them, all life is purposive and should be met by precalculation.
Second Foundation
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To describe beauty as 'purposive without purpose' is, however, to intensify the mystery.
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Results: Twenty-seven individuals from 11 families took part, recruited through purposive sampling techniques.
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We used convenience and purposive sampling approaches to identify potential participants.
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Through purposive sampling techniques, 53 students from a diverse public university were recruited.
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Participants who fulfilled the criteria were selected using non-probability purposive sampling.
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The study employed a stratified purposive sampling technique to recruit respondents.
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All purposive actions are ultimately based on philosophy of one sort or another.
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He is concerned with conduct, which is intelligent and purposive action.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory
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I soon saw that he was very purposive about being at the law school.
The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
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Design of study: Semi-structured qualitative interview study, with purposive sampling and constant comparative analysis.
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According to the older Darwinism the lungs are just as purposive as the corkscrew.
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Purposive through the time
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