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Princeton's WordNet

  1. intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by designadverb

    with intention; in an intentional manner

    "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice"

Wikipedia

  1. On Purpose

    On Purpose is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her second studio album Evolution (2016), served as the opening track of the album. The track was written by Carpenter and its producer Ido Zmishlany. The song was released by Hollywood Records as the lead single from Evolution and it was premiered on July 29, 2016. "On Purpose" is a midtempo piano pop song with a tropical house chorus. In the song, Carpenter talks about a relationship that was not supposed to happen. It was accompanied by a music video directed by James Miller premiered on her Vevo channel on August 12, 2016. It featured Carpenter walking and touring London and Madrid.

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  1. on purpose

    "On purpose" refers to doing something intentionally, deliberately, or consciously, rather than by accident or mistake. It indicates that an action was planned or thought out in advance, carried out with a specific aim or goal in mind.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on purpose in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on purpose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of on purpose in a Sentence

  1. Charlie Chaplin:

    I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

  2. George Washington:

    We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

  3. Peter Singer:

    If someone isn't sure whether to make the jump to effective altruism I would say give it a try, do it for a year, see how you like it, one person I know who's involved in The Life You Can Save said 'the life that I saved is my own, because I now really feel that I've got a purpose for my life, and its meaningful and I'm happy what I'm doing'.

  4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    Our main purpose of life is to be happy. Happiness is in simplicity, and the most amazing things about life is that it is so simple.

  5. Jordan Libowitz:

    The purpose of a PAC, or a political action committee, is essentially they get donations and then they spend those donations to help elect people to office. What we call The PAC is one that raises the money under those guises and then basically pays themselves and their friends.


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