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adj. having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior"

adj. having a purpose; "purposive behavior"

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adj. not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular hours"

adj. not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal

adj. going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"

adj. designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose

adj. determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking"

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