fìne
n.m.
1 ( scopo) purpose; end, aim, object, ( intenzione) intention: il fine ultimo, the ultimate aim ( o purpose); fini onesti, honest intentions; fini reconditi, obscure goals; si era posto un fine ben preciso..., he had adopted a clear goal...; non ho capito qual era il suo fine, I can’t understand what his aim was; avere un secondo fine, to have a hidden agenda, to have an ulterior motive; raggiunto il suo fine, se ne è sbarazzato, having achieved his aim he got rid of him; l’ha fatto solo a fin di bene, he did it with good intentions ( o with the best of intentions); il fine non giustifica i mezzi, the end does not justify the means // al solo fine di, with the sole object of; al fine di, ( letter.) in order to // e a tal fine..., and to this end... ( o and with this object in view...) // senza fini di lucro, non-profit ( attr.) // essere fine a se stesso, to be an end in itself
2 ( risultato, conclusione) result, conclusion, issue, outcome: condurre qlco. a buon fine, to bring sthg. to a successful conclusion; portare, giungere a buon fine, to bring, to come to a successful conclusion // ( comm.) salvo buon fine, subject to collection ( o to final payment) // lieto fine, happy ending: un film a lieto fine, a film with a happy ending
3 ( freno, limite) check, curb, end: porre un fine agli abusi, to curb abuses ( o to put an end to abuses).
1 ( scopo) purpose; end, aim, object, ( intenzione) intention: il fine ultimo, the ultimate aim ( o purpose); fini onesti, honest intentions; fini reconditi, obscure goals; si era posto un fine ben preciso..., he had adopted a clear goal...; non ho capito qual era il suo fine, I can’t understand what his aim was; avere un secondo fine, to have a hidden agenda, to have an ulterior motive; raggiunto il suo fine, se ne è sbarazzato, having achieved his aim he got rid of him; l’ha fatto solo a fin di bene, he did it with good intentions ( o with the best of intentions); il fine non giustifica i mezzi, the end does not justify the means // al solo fine di, with the sole object of; al fine di, ( letter.) in order to // e a tal fine..., and to this end... ( o and with this object in view...) // senza fini di lucro, non-profit ( attr.) // essere fine a se stesso, to be an end in itself
2 ( risultato, conclusione) result, conclusion, issue, outcome: condurre qlco. a buon fine, to bring sthg. to a successful conclusion; portare, giungere a buon fine, to bring, to come to a successful conclusion // ( comm.) salvo buon fine, subject to collection ( o to final payment) // lieto fine, happy ending: un film a lieto fine, a film with a happy ending
3 ( freno, limite) check, curb, end: porre un fine agli abusi, to curb abuses ( o to put an end to abuses).
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