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— English words —

• on␣purpose phr. (Idiomatic) By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately.
• on␣purpose phr. (Now rare) In order to (do something); with the objective that.

— English word, defined in German —

• on␣purpose mit Absicht, absichtlich, willentlich, umgangssprachlich: extra.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• on␣purpose bijw. Opzettelijk.

— English word, defined in French —

• on␣purpose adv. Exprès, à dessein.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• on␣purpose adv. Apposta, di proposito.

19 English words from 2 English definitions

accident as␣opposed␣to by␣accident By␣design deliberately design Idiomatic In␣order In␣order␣to intentionally Now objective opposed order rare something that the with

1 English word from 4 foreign definitions

extra

11 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Absicht absichtlich à␣dessein Apposta dessein Exprès mit Opzettelijk proposito umgangssprachlich willentlich

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

nonpurposeful common␣purposes

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

common␣purpose accidentally-on-purpose accidentally␣on␣purpose

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NPU ONP OSE -ose pos PoS POs POS pose posé pur PUR purp purpose RPO RPOs urp U-RP

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ESO ESOP OPr. Pru RUP sop SOP S.O.P. UPN

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

supersnoop unproposed

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

person␣up propones

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

unpurpose

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