purposive Definition
pur·pos·ive (pʉr′pəs iv)
adjective
- serving some purpose
- having a purpose
purposive Related Forms
pur′·pos·ively adverb
purposive Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- sampling: Study sites were selected by a process of purposive sampling.
- interpretation: Purposive interpretation of a contract is a useful tool where the purpose can be identified with reasonable certainty.
- sample: A purposive sample of 20 older adults discharged from hospital.
- construction: The Court of Appeal, on the basis of a purposive construction, held that it did.
- approach: The legal system now more commonly uses a ' purposive approach ' , meaning the intended purpose of the law is taken into account.
- action: Their attempts at purposive action are instead embedded in concrete, on-going systems of social relations.
Modifying Another Word
- rationally: He then asks what is required to be a rationally purposive agent in the first place?
- generally: A computing device may be either generally purposive, universal, or specialized.
Browse dictionary entries near purposive
- ‹ purposely
- ‹ purposeless
- ‹ purposeful
- ‹ purpose-built
- ‹ purpose
- ‹ purport
- ‹ purplish
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- ‹ Purple Heart
- ‹ purple grackle
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