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 Translation for 'to some purpose' from English to French
utilement {adv}to some purpose
Partial Matches
dessein {m} [littéraire] [but]purpose
vocation {f} [d'institution]purpose
objet {m} [but]purpose
destination {f} [rôle, fonction]purpose
finalité {f}purpose
passe-partout {adj}all-purpose
philos.
but {m} naturel
natural purpose
utilement {adv}to good purpose
tech.
adaptable à toutes les circonstances {adj}
all-purpose
tech.
adaptable à tous les besoins {adj}
all-purpose
modulable {adj} [salle]multi-purpose
fin.
objectif {m} de placement
investment purpose
éduc.
objectif {m} éducatif
educational purpose
avec préméditation {adv}on purpose
exprès {adv}on purpose
détermination {f}fixity of purpose
résolution {f} [esprit de décision](strength of) purpose
but {m} dans la viepurpose in life
usage {m} [emploi, utilisation]purpose [use, function]
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avec ténacité {adv}with single purpose
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Usage Examples English
  • Charge controllers may also divert energy to some purpose other than battery charging.
  • Wine makers use the term "cuvée" with several different meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose.
  • Flowerdew also collaborated with Sam Stewart, an editor at Oliver and Boyd in the 1958 publication of 'Reading On' and with another very prolific children's writer Ronald Ridout on the 'Reading to Some Purpose' series, 1961 onwards.
  • I am convinced that God gives one talent to some purpose and this involves certain responsibilities...
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