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English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Prepositional phrase [ edit ] on purpose
( idiomatic ) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally ; deliberately . [from 16th c.]
Synonyms: deliberately intentionally purposefully willfully Antonyms: by accident on accident That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose !
( now rare ) In order to that [from 16th c.]
1749 , Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling :Blifil bowed and stammered, and looked like a fool; but Western, without giving him time to form a speech for the purpose, answered, “Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.——He’s come up on purpose , and there is no time to be lost.”
1792 , Charlotte Smith , Desmond , Broadview 2001, p. 260:
I send this to the town, on purpose to have it reach you by the earliest post [ …] . Translations [ edit ]
purposely, with intention
Arabic: عَمْدًا ( ʿamdan )
Armenian: դիտմամբ (hy) ( ditmamb )
Belarusian: наўмы́сна ( naŭmýsna ) , знаро́к ( znarók ) , наўмы́сля ( naŭmýslja )
Bulgarian: наро́чно (bg) ( naróčno )
Catalan: a propòsit expressament (ca) , a posta (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 故意的 (zh) ( gùyì-de )
Czech: schválně (cs)
Danish: med vilje med fuldt overlæg
Dutch: expres (nl) , opzettelijk (nl) , met voorbedachten rade (nl) ( formal ) , met opzet
Finnish: tarkoituksella (fi) , tahallisesti (fi) , tahallaan (fi) , tarkoituksellisesti (fi)
French: exprès (fr) , à dessein (fr)
German: mit Absicht absichtlich (de) , vorsätzlich (de) , extra (de) , bewusst (de) , mit Vorbedacht
Greek: επίτηδες (el) ( epítides )
Hebrew: דַּוְקָא (he) ( dávka )
Hungarian: szándékosan (hu) , direkt (hu) , szántszándékkal készakarva (hu)
Icelandic: viljandi af ásettu ráði að yfirlögðu ráði vísvitandi
Italian: di proposito apposta (it) , intenzionalmente (it)
Japanese: 故意に (ja) ( こいに, koi ni ) , わざと (ja) ( wazato )
Korean: 일부러 (ko) ( ilbureo )
Latin: consultō
Norwegian: med vilje med overlegg
Persian: عمدا (fa) ( 'amdan ) , از قصد ( az qasd ) , دانسته (fa) ( dâneste )
Polish: specjalnie (pl) , celowo (pl) , umyślnie (pl) , naumyślnie z rozmysłem
Portuguese: de propósito (pt) , propositadamente propositalmente intencionalmente (pt)
Romanian: cu intenție intențional (ro)
Russian: наме́ренно (ru) ( namérenno ) , наро́чно (ru) ( naróčno ) , созна́тельно (ru) ( soznátelʹno ) , специа́льно (ru) ( speciálʹno )
Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́мјерно ( Ijekavian ) , на́мерно ( Ekavian )
Roman: námjerno (sh) ( Ijekavian ) , námerno ( Ekavian )
Slovene: nalašč namerno namenoma zanalašč
Spanish: adrede (es) , a propósito (es) , a conciencia intencionalmente intencionadamente queriendo (es)
Sranan Tongo: espresi
Swahili: kwa kusudi
Swedish: med flit (sv) , med vilje (sv) , med mening n avsiktlig (sv)
Telugu: కావాలని ( kāvālani )
Ukrainian: навми́сне ( navmýsne ) , наро́ком ( narókom )
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