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Meaning of "purseful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURSEFUL

purseful  [ˈpɜːsfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURSEFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purseful is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PURSEFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of purseful in the English dictionary

The definition of purseful in the dictionary is an amount which can be contained in a purse.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURSEFUL


blissful
ˈblɪsfʊl
disgraceful
dɪsˈɡreɪsfʊl
distressful
dɪsˈtrɛsfʊl
forceful
ˈfɔːsfʊl
glassful
ˈɡlɑːsfʊl
graceful
ˈɡreɪsfʊl
houseful
ˈhaʊsfʊl
increaseful
ɪnˈkriːsfʊl
peaceful
ˈpiːsfʊl
purposeful
ˈpɜːpəsfʊl
remorseful
rɪˈmɔːsfʊl
resourceful
rɪˈzɔːsfʊl
successful
səkˈsɛsfʊl
suspenseful
səˈspɛnsfʊl
unpeaceful
ʌnˈpiːsfʊl
unremorseful
ˌʌnrɪˈmɔːsfʊl
unsuccessful
ˌʌnsəkˈsɛsfʊl
unuseful
ʌnˈjuːsfʊl
useful
ˈjuːsfʊl
wineglassful
ˈwaɪnˌɡlɑːsfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURSEFUL

purse
purse seine
purse snatcher
purse strings
purse-proud
purselike
purser
pursership
pursily
pursiness
purslane
pursuable
pursual
pursuance
pursuant
pursuantly
pursue
pursuer
pursuing
pursuingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURSEFUL

careful
diseaseful
easeful
fateful
grateful
hateful
hopeful
menseful
museful
noiseful
pauseful
praiseful
promiseful
reposeful
senseful
shameful
tasteful
unreposeful
vengeful
wasteful

Synonyms and antonyms of purseful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purseful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURSEFUL

Find out the translation of purseful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purseful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purseful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

purseful
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purseful
570 millions of speakers

English

purseful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purseful
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

purseful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

purseful
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purseful
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

থালিভর্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purseful
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purseful
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

purseful
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purseful
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

purseful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purseful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

purseful
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purseful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Purseful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

purseful
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purseful
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purseful
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

purseful
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purseful
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purseful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purseful
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

purseful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

purseful
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purseful

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURSEFUL»

The term «purseful» is normally little used and occupies the 137.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURSEFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «purseful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «purseful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purseful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURSEFUL»

Discover the use of purseful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purseful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Economy to Come in Prophetic Context: What Will Happen ...
Purseful. of. Groceries. It was August 14, 1923. Maria's birthday. The worry lines etched themselves deeply into the face of the pretty German housewife ... far too youthful at twenty-eight to be carrying in her features the evidence of such great ...
William R. Goetz, 1999
2
Make it Simpler: A Practical Guide to Problem Solving in ...
A. Purseful. of. Coins. 235. My little sister decided that she just had to have a new softball. So she went to the bank where she hoards her money and emptied it out completely in order to get the 900 needed for the ball. The money was in the ...
Carol Meyer, Tom Sallee, 1983
3
Remember, Remember: Learn the Stuff You Thought You Never Could
A very useful second term as prime minister, then, from the Dukeof Portland– who 'snowdisappeared. A man in front of us in the queue is jabbering away at the lady behind the desk about how he'll spend a whole purseful of money if she'll just ...
Ed Cooke, 2008
4
The Last Legion
As I told you, there's a purseful of silver for the first man to find the boy's corpse and sever his head. Now let us eat and drink and make merry, for fortune has been good to us!' He raised a full tankard and the others all cheered. Exultant over ...
Valerio Massimo Manfredi, 2009
5
The Crowfield Curse
His memories were as precious as a purseful of silver pennies. William yawned and stretched his arms. The smoky warmth was making him sleepy. He covered the fire and lay down on the bed. He wrapped himself in one of the blankets and  ...
Pat Walsh, 2012
6
Rape of Lucretia and the Founding of Republics: Readings in ...
And Lucrezia, by paying the Friar a purseful of money, seems implicitly to be asking for the continued sanction of her adultery. Her conversion has been complete but unrevealed. She and Ligurio remain the only dramatic characters who are ...
Melissa M. Matthes, 2010
7
Archipelagic English: Literature, History, and Politics ...
The guinea bitten in Mitchelbourne's Siege, for example, declined in value in England from thirty shillings to twenty-two in 1695, yet was worth twenty-six in Ireland.41 This would make a purseful of gold, or bills, expensive to take to London in ...
John Kerrigan, 2008
8
Crown of Splendor
"They thought they had me, ha! Jamie and Martin, you should have know'd better. But now it's all worked out fine. Jamie, Martin, Willie, the monk; they're all dead. And here I am left with a purseful of beautiful gold and not a soul to share it with.
Michael Freeman, 2004
9
McKettrick's Choice (Mills & Boon M&B) (The McKettricks - ...
Linda Lael Miller. She'd narrowed her eyes at him as she prepared to leave the bank with a purseful of cash and move on to the mercantile. “If you run to my father,” she'd warned, “I'll move every cent to another bank and have you audited.
Linda Lael Miller, 2011
10
Still Life: Klipfisk, Cloudberries and Life After Kids
On the table in front of him was not one packet but a whole carton of Kent. A virgin carton, still in its cellophane wrapper. This staggering display of wealth — rather as if some medieval prince had tipped a purseful of gold coins in front of a  ...
Elisabeth Luard, 2014

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURSEFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term purseful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'San Andreas' Rocks With $63.9M In Overseas Bow; 'Tomorrowland …
Universal's $200M-plus musical comedy Pitch Perfect 2 grabbed another nice weekend purseful and its billion dollar baby Furious 7 is still playing in 56 markets. «Deadline, Jun 15»
2
Russians turn to humour over painful meltdown of rouble
This cartoon in the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper puts a purseful of roubles on a rollercoaster. Ironically, seeing as the Kremlin blames the West for its ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
3
Best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly on Los Angeles
As I pointed out in the jury room I had a purseful of one dollar bills because 1) I was taking public transporation to jury duty and 2) I was saving up dollar bills as I ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
4
Don't make me pay your staff, Sainsbury's
Since a gigantic Sainsbury is my local corner shop, I have a purseful of those coupons: “Here's £1.45 off your next visit”, etc. But lately I've felt I deserve another ... «The Times, Oct 14»
5
A Noël Coward Classic Returns
Enter Carlotta (Gordana Rashovich), an angry ex-girlfriend who comes bearing a purseful of letters that Latymer sent in his indiscreet youth to the alcoholic male ... «Wall Street Journal, May 14»
6
Ten Kings From History That Were Worse Than King Joffrey
... being only ambivalently supportive of the King's Landing music scene by pelting a band with a purseful of gold dragons. As for his patronage of dwarf theatre, ... «Junkee, Apr 14»
7
Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band
“I run into this ol' girl last night who had a whole purseful of tequila,” he groans. “Then when that run out, we got into some Red Ripple. Jesus.” On the flight south ... «Daily Beast, Mar 14»
8
'Mad Men' Power Rankings
It was great to see the Old Rog looking to make some rain with his people, Cancer and Tobacco People, ready to work the room and collect a child's purseful of ... «Grantland, Apr 12»
9
Don't Bring Your Piggy Bank to Las Vegas
I bet that the older ones still had my beloved slots that accepted coins. Nope. Couldn't find one in Vegas. Back to the airport with a purseful of change. At least I ... «Petaluma Argus Courier, Nov 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Purseful [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purseful>. May 2024 ».
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