Tending toward an outcome

• Tending to a definite end
• Directed toward a goal
• Expressing purpose
• Purposive
• Goal-oriented
• Directed toward an end
• Tending toward a definite goal

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telharmony \Tel*har"mo*ny\ [?]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context grammar English) expressing end or purpose. 2 (context linguistics English) perfective aspect. 3 tending towards a goal or definite end.