end
—
aim, goal
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | τέκμᾰρ | |
| Meaning 1 | end, limit | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | aim, objective | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | τέλος | |
| Meaning 1 | end | διὰ τέλους τὸ πᾶν everything to the very end |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | aim, objective | τυχεῖν τοῦ τέλους to achieve the goal |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | end | |
| Meaning 1 | final part | at the end of the street |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | aim, goal | His family's happiness was the end for which he worked |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | fin | |
| Meaning 1 | end | voir la fin des travaux to see the end of the works |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | aim, goal | La fin justifie-t-elle les moyens ? Does the end justify the means? |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | fino | |
| Meaning 1 | end | la fine dela lezione è fra mezz'ora 'the end of the lesson is in half an hour' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | aim, goal | il fine dela lezione è ezercitare le preposizioni 'the aim of the lesson is to practice (the use of) the prepositions' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | different gender: la fine (fem.)- A, il fine (masc.)- B | |