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Meaning of On purpose | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately.
idiomatic
With (the) deliberate intention.
In order to (do something); with the objective that.
archaic

Equivalents

العربية عمد عمدا عمدا قصدا

Català a posta expressament

Čeština naschvál schválně

Cymraeg o fwriad

Dansk med vilje

Deutsch absichtlich bewusst extra Extra mit Absicht mit Vorbedacht vorsätzlich

Ελληνικά επίτηδες επίτηδες

Español a conciencia a propósito adrede adredemente de propósito expresamente exprofeso intencionadamente intencionalmente queriendo

Euskara nahita

فارسی از قصد دانسته عمدا

Suomi tahallaan tahallisesti tahallisesti tarkoituksella tarkoituksellisesti

Français à dessein exprès

Gaeilge d'aon toisc

ગુજરાતી જાણીજોઈને

हिन्दी जानबूझकर

Magyar direkt szándékosan

Հայերեն դիտմամբ

Bahasa Indonesia nawaitu

Íslenska að yfirlögðu ráði af ásettu ráði viljandi vísvitandi

Italiano apposta di proposito intenzionalmente

日本語しょうちのうえでわざと態と承知の上で故意に殊更

ქართული განზრახ სპეციალურად

한국어 일부러

Kurdî dîrekt

Latina cōnsultō

Nederlands expres met opzet met voorbedachten rade opzettelijk

Polski celowo intencjonalnie narocznie natoż naumyślnie specjalnie umyślnie znarocza

Português de propósito intencionalmente propositadamente propositalmente

Русский намеренно нарочно сознательно специально

Slovenščina namenoma

Svenska avsiktlig med flit

Kiswahili kwa kusudi

తెలుగు కావాలని

Türkçe bile bile bilerek kasıtlıca kasten mahsus

Українська навми́сне

Examples

“That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!”

“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.””

“I send this to the town, on purpose to have it reach you by the earliest post […].”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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