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1 end
[end] 1. noun1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) konec; na koncu2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) konec3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) smrt4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) namen5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) kos2. verb(to bring or come to an end: The scheme ended in disaster; How does the play end?; How should I end (off) this letter?) končati- ending- endless
- at a loose end
- end up
- in the end
- make both ends meet
- make ends meet
- no end of
- no end
- on end
- put an end to
- the end* * *I [end]nounkonec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, koristto be at one's wits' end — ne vedeti, kako in kamup to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter — do samega konca, do smrtito come to the end of one's tether — doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncucolloquially to go off the deep end — razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesnetito have s.th. at one's fingers' end — dobro vedeti ali znatiin the end — na koncu, končnogeometry the end of the line — krajiščeno end of — neskončno, neizmernoto keep one's end up — pretolči, prebi(ja)ti sethe latter end — starost, smrtto the end that — zato, da bito what end? — čemu?end to end — po dolžini, drug za drugimat your end — pri vas, v vašem krajuII [end]1.transitive verb(in, with s) končati, zaključiti; uničiti, ubiti, pokončati;2.intransitive verbkončati se, prenehati; umretiall's well that ends well — konec dober, vse dobroto end in smoke — izpuhteti, končati se brez haska, propastito end in nothing — see to end in smoketo end up ( —ali off) — končati, zaključiti -
2 mean
[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skop2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) grd3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) popadljiv4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) reven•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) srednji2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) povprečen2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) sredinaIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) pomeniti2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) nameravati•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) pomenljiv- meaningless
- be meant to
- mean well* * *I [mi:n]adjectivenizek, navaden, manjvreden (stan, rod); boren, reven, oguljen, odrgnjen, umazan; nepomemben; prostaški, nizkoten, podel; skop, stiskaški; American colloquially popadljiv, hudoben (konj); American colloquially bolehenno mean foe — sovražnik, ki ni za podcenjevanjeno mean scholar — pametna glava. pomemben učenjakAmerican mean white — siromašen belec na jugu ZDAAmerican to feel mean over — sramovati se česaII [mi:n]adjectivesrednji, povprečenIII [mi:n]nounsredina; povprečje, povprečnost; (plural z glagolom v singular) sredstvo, način; plural premoženjeto be a means of — bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kajby all (manner of) means — vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako cenoBritish English means test — preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporoIV [mi:n]1.transitive verbnameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti ( for za); meniti, misliti; pomeniti;2.intransitive verbpomeniti (to komu)to mean mischief — imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregomto mean well (ill) by ( —ali to) s.o. — dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjenwhat do you mean by it? — kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?to mean little to s o. — komu malo pomenitiI mean you to go — želim, da greš -
3 justify
1) (to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable: How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?) utemeljiti2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) opravičiti•- justification* * *[džʌstfai]transitive verbopravičiti ( before ali to komu), zagovarjati, oprostiti; printing justirati, uravnati; ecclesiastic odrešitito be justified in doing s.th. — s polno pravico kaj narediti
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end justifies the means — See the end justifies the means … English idioms
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the end justifies the means — any method is fine if the result is good If a person steals food to survive, does the end justify the means? … English idioms
the end justifies the means — results give reason to the actions performed in the achieving of these results … English contemporary dictionary
end justifies the means — actions or methods that are wrong from a moral point of view are at times necessary in order to obtain morally right results or effects … English contemporary dictionary
the end justifies the means — any methods, even bad ones, are allowed in order to achieve what you want, especially something good … English dictionary
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