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  • 1 κερδαλέος

    κερδαλέος, α, ον (s. κέρδος; Hom. et al.; Artem. 4, 62) profitable, gainful τὸ κ. διώκειν pursue gain 2 Cl 20:4.—DELG s.v. κέρδος.

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  • 2 fin

    m.
    1 end (final).
    dar o poner fin a algo to put an end to something
    tocar a su fin to come to a close
    a fines de at the end of
    al o por fin at last, finally
    a fin de cuentas after all
    al fin y al cabo after all
    al fin del mundo to the end of the earth (and back)
    en fin anyway
    en fin, lo volveremos a intentar well o anyway, we can try again
    sin fin endless
    fin de fiesta grand finale
    fin de semana weekend
    2 aim, goal (objetivo).
    un fin en sí mismo an end in itself
    el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means
    con este fin with this aim, to this end
    a fin de in order to
    a fin de contener la inflación (in order) to keep inflation down
    3 purpose, objective, end, aim.
    * * *
    1 (final) end
    2 (objetivo) purpose, aim
    \
    a fin de in order to, so as to
    a fin de que so that
    a fines de at the end of
    al fin y al cabo when all's said and done
    ¡al fin! at last!
    con buen fin with good intentions
    con el fin de with the intention of
    con este fin with this aim
    dar fin a to put an end to
    en fin anyway
    llegar a su fin to come to an end
    no tener fin to be endless
    poner fin a to put an end to
    ¡por fin! at last!
    sin fin endless
    tocar a su fin to come to an end
    fin de fiesta grand finale
    fin de semana (tiempo) weekend 2 (bolsa) weekend bag
    (noche de) Fin de Año New Year's Eve
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) end
    2) aim, purpose
    •
    - por fin
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=final) end

    • fin de la cita — end of quote, unquote

    • dar fin a — [+ ceremonia, actuación] to bring to a close; [+ obra, libro] to finish; [+ guerra, conflicto] to bring to an end

    • llegar a buen fin — [aventura] to have a happy ending; [plan] to turn out well

    • llevar algo a buen fin — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

    • poner fin a algo — to end sth, put an end to sth

    esta ley pondrá fin a la discriminación sexual en el trabajo — this law will end o will put an end to sexual discrimination in the workplace

    • sin fin — endless

    fin de fiesta — (Teat) grand finale

    2)

    • a fines de — at the end of

    la crisis de fines del XIX — the crisis at the end of the 19th century, the late 19th century crisis

    3) [otras locuciones]
    a)

    • al fin, por fin — [gen] finally; [con más énfasis] at last

    tras varios días de marcha, por fin llegamos a la primera aldea — after several days' walk, we finally came to the first village

    ¡al fin solos! — alone at last!

    ¡por fin te decides a hacer algo! — at last you've decided to do something!

    • al fin y al cabo — after all

    tengo derecho a estar aquí: al fin y al cabo, soy parte de la familia — I have a right to stay here: after all, I am part of the family

    al fin y al cabo, lo que importa es que seguimos juntos — at the end of the day, what matters is that we're still together

    b)

    • en fin — [quitando importancia] anyway, oh, well; [para resumir] in short

    en fin, otro día seguiremos hablando del tema — anyway o oh, well, we will carry on discussing this another day

    ¡en fin, qué se le va a hacer! — anyway o oh, well, there's nothing we can do about it!

    hemos tenido bastantes problemas este año, pero en fin, seguimos adelante — we've had quite a few problems this year, but still o anyway, we're still going

    en fin, que no he tenido un momento de descanso — in short, I haven't had a moment's rest

    4) (=intención) aim

    ¿con qué fin se ha organizado esto? — what has been the aim in organizing this?

    • a fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

    a fin de que — + subjun so that, in order that frm

    se le ha citado como testigo a fin de que explique sus relaciones con el acusado — he has been called as a witness in order to explain o in order that he explain frm o so that he can explain his relationship with the defendant

    • con el fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

    • a tal fin — with this aim in mind, to this end

    5) (=propósito) purpose

    con fines experimentales/militares/políticos — for experimental/military/political purposes

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( final) end

    hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

    no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

    por or al fin — at last

    en fin qué se le va a hacer! — ah well, what can you do?

    en fin sigamos! — anyway, let's carry on!

    repara electrodomésticos, pone enchufes... en fin un poco de todo — he repairs electrical goods, puts in plugs... a bit of everything, really

    a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

    tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

    2) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose

    el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

    una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

    a fin de que — (frml) in order to

    con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

    con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

    el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

    * * *
    = aim, end, goal, purpose, quit, STOP, goodbye [good-bye], objective.
    Nota: Acción específica que se pretende llevar a cabo, siendo necesarias varias de ellas para alcanzar una meta.
    Ex. The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.
    Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The final choice, ' Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.
    Ex. The command function ' STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.
    Ex. The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.
    Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
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    * a este fin = to this end.
    * a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + fin = reach + Posesivo + end.
    * al fin = at last, at long last.
    * al fin y al cabo = in the end, after all, all in all, after all is said and done, when all is said and done.
    * cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * con el fin de = in order to.
    * con ese fin = to that end.
    * con este fin = to this end, to that effect.
    * con fines + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.
    * con fines lucrativos = profit-making, profit-orientated, profit-oriented, profit-generating.
    * confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.
    * conseguir un fin = secure + end.
    * construido expresamente para tal fin = purpose-built.
    * dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.
    * de fin de año = end of the year.
    * de fin de milenio = millennial.
    * de principio a fin = from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to end.
    * de principio a fin (documento) = cover to cover.
    * desde principio a fin = throughout.
    * discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.
    * durante el fin de semana = over the weekend.
    * el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.
    * el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.
    * el fin de todos los fines = the end of all ends.
    * el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.
    * el principio del fin = the beginning of the end.
    * en el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.
    * fin de año = EOY (end of year), end of the year.
    * fin de semana = weekend.
    * fines de semana, los = at weekends.
    * fines lucrativos = financial gain.
    * generación del fin del milenio, la = Millennial Generation, the, Millennium Generation, the.
    * hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.
    * leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover.
    * llegar a su fin = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end.
    * no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * no tener fin = there + be + no end to.
    * para este fin = to this end.
    * para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].
    * película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].
    * perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un fin = pursue + end.
    * persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial.
    * poner fin = curb, bring to + a close, draw to + a close.
    * poner fin a = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off.
    * poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.
    * por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).
    * seminario de fin de semana = weekend school.
    * ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).
    * ser un fin en sí mismo = be an end in itself.
    * ser un fin en sí mismos = be ends in themselves.
    * ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.
    * servir un fin = serve + end.
    * significar el fin de Algo = mean + an end to.
    * sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.
    * sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * tecla de fin = End key.
    * tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.
    * todo el fin de semana = all weekend long.
    * un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.
    * utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( final) end

    hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

    no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

    por or al fin — at last

    en fin qué se le va a hacer! — ah well, what can you do?

    en fin sigamos! — anyway, let's carry on!

    repara electrodomésticos, pone enchufes... en fin un poco de todo — he repairs electrical goods, puts in plugs... a bit of everything, really

    a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

    tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

    2) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose

    el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

    una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

    a fin de que — (frml) in order to

    con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

    con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

    el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

    * * *
    = aim, end, goal, purpose, quit, STOP, goodbye [good-bye], objective.
    Nota: Acción específica que se pretende llevar a cabo, siendo necesarias varias de ellas para alcanzar una meta.

    Ex: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.

    Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The final choice, ' Quit (LOGOFF),' takes you back to the Welcome screen.
    Ex: The command function ' STOP' is used to end the session and logoff.
    Ex: The article 'Books -- is it goodbye?' shows that while there was a sharp increase in fiction in Finland after the 2nd World War, the amount of fiction is now beginning to decline.
    Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    * a este fin = to this end.
    * a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + fin = reach + Posesivo + end.
    * al fin = at last, at long last.
    * al fin y al cabo = in the end, after all, all in all, after all is said and done, when all is said and done.
    * cinta sin fin = endless belt, conveyor belt, conveyor [conveyer].
    * con el fin de = in order to.
    * con ese fin = to that end.
    * con este fin = to this end, to that effect.
    * con fines + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.
    * con fines lucrativos = profit-making, profit-orientated, profit-oriented, profit-generating.
    * confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.
    * conseguir un fin = secure + end.
    * construido expresamente para tal fin = purpose-built.
    * dar fin = bring to + a close, draw to + a close, wind down.
    * de fin de año = end of the year.
    * de fin de milenio = millennial.
    * de principio a fin = from start to finish, gavel to gavel, from beginning to end.
    * de principio a fin (documento) = cover to cover.
    * desde principio a fin = throughout.
    * discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.
    * durante el fin de semana = over the weekend.
    * el fin del mundo = the ends of the earth.
    * el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.
    * el fin de todos los fines = the end of all ends.
    * el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means.
    * el principio del fin = the beginning of the end.
    * en el fin de semana = over the weekend, at the weekend.
    * fin de año = EOY (end of year), end of the year.
    * fin de semana = weekend.
    * fines de semana, los = at weekends.
    * fines lucrativos = financial gain.
    * generación del fin del milenio, la = Millennial Generation, the, Millennium Generation, the.
    * hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.
    * leer de principio a fin = read + from cover to cover.
    * llegar a su fin = wind down, draw to + a close, draw to + an end.
    * no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * no tener fin = there + be + no end to.
    * para este fin = to this end.
    * para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].
    * película sin fin = filmloop [film loop/film-loop].
    * perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un fin = pursue + end.
    * persona nacida en el fin del milenio = Millennial.
    * poner fin = curb, bring to + a close, draw to + a close.
    * poner fin a = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off.
    * poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.
    * por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).
    * seminario de fin de semana = weekend school.
    * ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).
    * ser un fin en sí mismo = be an end in itself.
    * ser un fin en sí mismos = be ends in themselves.
    * ser un medio para llegar a un fin = be the means to an end.
    * servir un fin = serve + end.
    * significar el fin de Algo = mean + an end to.
    * sin fin = never-finishing, never-ending, bottomless, interminably, unending.
    * sin fines lucrativos = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * tecla de fin = End key.
    * tocar a su fin = draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind down.
    * todo el fin de semana = all weekend long.
    * un medio para alcanzar un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para conseguir un fin = a means to an end.
    * un medio para llegar a fin = a means to an end.
    * utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.

    * * *
    A
    1 (final) end
    el fin de una época the end of an era
    a fines de junio at the end of June
    siempre cobramos a fin de mes we always get paid at the end of the month
    hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos until the end of time
    el fin del mundo the end of the world
    no es el fin del mundo ( fam); it's not the end of the world ( colloq)
    tuvo un triste fin he came to a sad end
    con esta noticia ponemos fin a la edición de hoy and that's the end of tonight's news, and with that we end tonight's news
    en un intento de poner fin a estos conflictos in an attempt to put an end to these conflicts
    un accidente aéreo puso fin a su vida he was killed in an aircrash
    puso fin a la discusión she put an end to the discussion
    llevó la empresa a buen fin he brought the venture to a successful conclusion
    el verano ya llega a su fin summer is coming to an end
    [ S ] Fin The End
    2 ( en locs):
    por or al fin at last
    ¡al fin lo conseguí! at last I've done it!
    ¡por fin! hace media hora que te estoy llamando at last! I've been trying to reach you for the last half hour
    ¡por fin llegas! llevo horas esperando at last you've arrived! I've been waiting for hours
    en fin well
    en fin ¡qué se le va a hacer! ah well, what can you do?
    en fin que las cosas no andan muy bien all in all, things aren't going very well
    en fin ¡sigamos! anyway, let's carry on!
    a fin de cuentas: a fin de cuentas, lo que importa es el resultado at the end of the day, it's the result that counts
    a fin de cuentas, el que carga con la responsabilidad soy yo when it comes down to it o when all's said and done, I'm the one who has to take responsibility
    a fin de cuentas salimos ganando in the end we did well out of it
    al fin y al cabo: siempre lo disculpa, al fin y al cabo es su único hijo she always forgives him; after all, he is her only son
    es inútil darle consejos, al fin y al cabo hace siempre lo que quiere it's no good giving her advice, in the end she always does as she pleases
    tocar a su fin ( liter); to draw to a close o to an end
    Compuestos:
    New Year's Eve
    grand finale, finale
    2 ( Esp) (maletín) overnight bag o case
    B (objetivo, finalidad) purpose
    para fines pacíficos for peaceful ends o purposes
    el fin de esta visita the aim o objective o purpose of this visit
    esto constituye un fin en sí mismo this constitutes an end in itself
    una colecta con fines benéficos a collection for charity
    una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro a not-for-profit organization ( AmE), a non-profit-making organisation ( BrE)
    con este finor a este finor a tal fin ( frml); to this end ( frml), with this aim ( frml)
    con el fin de or a fin de ( frml); with the aim o purpose of
    a fin de que se cumpla el reglamento in order to ensure compliance with the rules
    salvo buen fin subject to clearance
    el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means
    * * *

     

    fin sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) ( final) end;


    a fin de mes at the end of the month;
    fin de año New Year's Eve;
    fin de semana ( sábado y domingo) weekend;
    puso fin a la discusión she put an end to the discussion
    b) ( en locs) por or al fin at last;


    en fin ¡sigamos! anyway, let's carry on!;
    a fin de cuentas in the end, at the end of the day;
    al fin y al cabo after all
    2
    a) (objetivo, finalidad) purpose;

    ◊ el fin de esta visita the aim o purpose of this visit

    b) ( en locs)


    con este fin (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml);
    con el fin or a fin de (frml) with the aim o purpose of
    fin sustantivo masculino
    1 (final, término) end: ponle fin a esta situación, put an end to this situation
    fin de semana, weekend
    noche de Fin de Año, New Year's Eve
    2 (meta) purpose, aim
    con el fin de, with the aim of
    fin último, main aim
    ♦ Locuciones: a fin de, in order to, so as to
    a fin de que, in order that, so that
    al fin y al cabo, when all's said and done
    en fin, anyway
    ¡por o al fin!, at last!
    ' fin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abonada
    - abonado
    - acción
    - acertar
    - acreditar
    - activa
    - activo
    - ajustar
    - aleta
    - amortización
    - aplazar
    - asiento
    - atraso
    - auditor
    - auditora
    - aunar
    - aval
    - baja
    - balance
    - bancarrota
    - banco
    - beneficio
    - bolsa
    - bono
    - cabo
    - caja
    - cambio
    - capital
    - carga
    - cargo
    - caudal
    - cédula
    - centavo
    - cien
    - cobertura
    - colocar
    - concurrencia
    - corona
    - corredor
    - corredora
    - corriente
    - cotizar
    - cotización
    - cotizarse
    - crac
    - crack
    - crédito
    - crisis
    - cuenta
    - curso
    English:
    account
    - accrue
    - advance
    - all
    - anywhere
    - appreciate
    - appreciation
    - Armageddon
    - arms control
    - asset
    - at
    - back
    - backer
    - backing
    - balance
    - balance sheet
    - bank
    - bankrupt
    - bear
    - beginning
    - bill
    - block
    - blue-chip
    - boil down
    - bond
    - bondholder
    - book
    - bottom line
    - bottom out
    - break
    - break down
    - breakdown
    - brokerage
    - building society
    - bull
    - bullish
    - buoyancy
    - buoyant
    - but
    - buyback
    - buyer
    - capital
    - capital reserves
    - capitalize
    - cause
    - charge
    - city
    - clearance
    - clearing
    - close
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [final] end;
    el fin del invierno the end of winter;
    “Fin” [en película] “The End”;
    dar o [m5] poner fin a algo to put an end to sth;
    un infarto puso fin a su vida she died from a heart attack;
    tocar a su fin to come to a close;
    a fines de at the end of;
    a fin de mes at the end of the month;
    conseguir llegar a fin de mes [económicamente] to manage to make ends meet;
    al o [m5] por fin at last, finally;
    ¡al o [m5] por fin hemos llegado! we've arrived, at last!;
    en fin, lo volveremos a intentar well o anyway, we can try again;
    en fin, que si no te interesa, no lo compres well, if you don't want it, don't buy it;
    en fin, para resumir… anyway, to summarize…;
    sin fin endless;
    diversión sin fin no end of fun, endless fun;
    recibió un sin fin de regalos she got hundreds of presents;
    a fin de cuentas, al fin y al cabo, al fin y a la postre after all
    fin de año [Nochevieja] New Year's Eve;
    voy a pasar el fin de año con la familia I'm going to stay with my family over New Year;
    nuestros resultados de fin de año our year end results;
    fin de curso [en colegio] end of the school year;
    [en universidad] end of the academic year;
    fin de fiesta grand finale;
    el fin del mundo the end of the world;
    anímate, no es el fin del mundo cheer up, it isn't the end of the world;
    al fin del mundo to the end of the earth (and back);
    fin de semana weekend
    2. [objetivo] aim, goal;
    el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means;
    el fin último the ultimate goal;
    con este fin with this aim, to this end;
    una organización con fines benéficos a charity, a charitable organization;
    con fines lucrativos profit-making
    ♦ a fin de loc conj
    esfuérzate a fin de aprobar make an effort (in order) to try and pass;
    han subido los intereses a fin de contener la inflación they have raised interest rates (in order) to keep inflation down;
    compórtate bien a fin de que no te puedan reprochar nada behave well so (that) they can't reproach you for anything
    * * *
    m
    1 end;
    al o
    por fin finally, at last;
    a fines de mayo at the end of May;
    sin fin endless, never-ending;
    dar o
    poner fin a end, bring to an end; abuso, disputa put an end to;
    tocar a su fin draw to a close, come to an end
    2 ( objetivo) aim, purpose;
    con el fin de que acabemos a tiempo in order to finish on time, to ensure that we finish on time;
    el fin justifica los medios the end justifies the means;
    a fin de in order to
    :
    al fin y al cabo at the end of the day, after all;
    en fin anyway
    * * *
    fin nm
    1) : end
    2) : purpose, aim, objective
    3)
    en fin : in short
    4)
    fin de semana : weekend
    5)
    por fin : finally, at last
    * * *
    fin n
    1. (final) end
    2. (objetivo) purpose / aim
    a fin de to / in order to
    a fin de cuentas at the end of the day / when all's said and done
    al fin y al cabo in the end / after all
    en fin (bien) well (en resumen) in short / all in all

    Spanish-English dictionary > fin

  • 3 objetivo

    adj.
    objective, factual, no-nonsense, impartial.
    m.
    1 objective, intention, purpose, goal.
    2 objective lens.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: objetivar.
    * * *
    1 objective
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    ————————
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    1) objective, aim, goal
    2) lens
    2. (f. - objetiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=propósito) objective, aim
    2) (Mil) objective, target
    3) (Fot) lens
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.
    Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex. The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex. The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex. Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex. She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex. Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    ----
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.

    Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

    Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex: The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex: The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex: Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex: She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex: Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

    * * *
    objetivo1 -va
    1 ‹crítica/análisis› objective
    2 ‹persona› objective
    A
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim
    su único objetivo era terminar cuanto antes her one objective o aim was to finish as quickly as possible
    2 ( Mil) objective
    3 ( como adj inv) target ( before n)
    la empresa objetivo the target company
    Compuesto:
    sales target
    B ( Fot, Ópt) lens
    Compuesto:
    zoom lens
    * * *

     

    objetivo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    objective
    objetivo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( finalidad) objective, aim;
    (Mil) objective
    2 (Fot, Ópt) lens
    objetivo,-a
    I adjetivo objective
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim: su objetivo es disuadir a los vendedores, her aim is to put the sellers off
    2 (de un misil, disparo) target: 007 es nuestro objetivo, 007 is our target
    3 Cine Fot lens
    ' objetivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    angular
    - consecución
    - ideal
    - meta
    - objetiva
    - orientarse
    - pasearse
    - perseguir
    - pretensión
    - alcanzar
    - conseguir
    - cumplir
    - fin
    - final
    - inaccesible
    - lo
    - lograr
    - logro
    - mira
    - patente
    - plazo
    - por
    - primario
    - primero
    - primordial
    English:
    accomplish
    - accomplishment
    - achievement
    - aim
    - attain
    - barrage
    - calculate
    - detached
    - end
    - exercise
    - gain
    - goal
    - lens
    - main
    - object
    - objective
    - set
    - short
    - study
    - target
    - target audience
    - target market
    - ultimate
    - unemotional
    - wide-angle
    - dispassionate
    - out
    - unbiased
    * * *
    objetivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    objective
    ♦ nm
    1. [finalidad] objective, aim;
    hemos logrado cumplir con nuestro objetivo we have succeeded in achieving our objective o aim;
    plantearse un objetivo to set oneself an objective;
    la medida tiene como objetivo facilitar la comunicación the aim of the measure is to make communication easier, the measure is aimed at making communication easier
    Com objetivo de producción production target; Com objetivo de ventas sales target
    2. Mil target
    3. Fot lens
    * * *
    I adj objective
    II m
    1 objective
    2 MIL target
    3 FOT lens
    * * *
    objetivo, -va adj
    : objective
    1) meta: objective, goal, target
    2) : lens
    * * *
    objetivo1 adj objective
    1. (fin) objective / aim
    2. (lente) lens [pl. lenses]
    3. (blanco) target

    Spanish-English dictionary > objetivo

  • 4 цель цел·ь

    1) (то, к чему стремятся) aim, end, goal, object, objective, purpose

    добиться своей цели — to achieve / to effect one's aim / purpose, to secure one's aim / ends

    достичь своей цели — to achieve / to gain one's ends, to achieve / to attain one's object, to attain / to gain one's aim, to achieve / to get / to reach a goal

    отвечать цели — to answer / to meet the purpose

    преследовать цель — to pursue an aim / an objective

    ставить цель — to make it one's aim, to set forth an aim

    главная / основная цель — principal / main / central purpose

    истинная цель — genuine / true goal

    конечная цель — final / ultimate aim / goal

    определённая цель — special / settled purpose

    отойти от согласованной цели — to go astray / to drift away from the objective agreed

    достижение целей — achievement / attainment of objectives

    несовместимость целей — difference in / of aims

    в целях укрепления безопасности — with the purpose / in pursuit of strengthening security

    с единственной целью — with the sole purpose / object (of)

    с целью чего-л. — with a view to smth.

    с этой целью — with that end in view, to that end

    Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > цель цел·ь

  • 5 consector

    con-sector, ātus, 1, v. dep., to follow, pursue, strive after eagerly, both in a good and bad sense.
    I.
    Lit., to attend eagerly or continually; to go after a person or thing, etc.
    A.
    Prop. (rare):

    hos consector, his ultro arrideo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18:

    mares, feminas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 20; cf.:

    senectam ovium (opp. agnas fastidire),

    Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 188:

    angiporta haec,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 137; cf.

    rivulos,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117.— More freq. (esp. in Cic.),
    B.
    Trop., to pursue eagerly, to strive after, endeavor to gain; to emulate an example, to imitate, etc.:

    qui non debita consectari soleant, quod debeatur remissuros,

    Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3:

    neque quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet, consectetur, adipisci velit,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 32:

    omnes umbras etiam falsae gloriae (corresp. with aucupari inanem rumorem),

    id. Pis. 24, 57: opes aut potentiam, [p. 428] id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

    benevolentiam Macedonum largitione,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 7:

    verba,

    id. Caecin. 19, 54:

    ubertatem orationis,

    id. Fin. 3, 5, 19:

    plura (in discourse, opp. comprehendere brevi),

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 34; Plin. Pan. 75; id. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

    ista subtilius (in investigating),

    Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139:

    insignia ac paene vitiosa imitando,

    to imitate, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:

    vitium de industriā,

    id. ib. 3, 11, 41:

    versus Homeri (Maro),

    Gell. 12, 1, 20.—
    II.
    To follow in a hostile manner, to persecule, chase, pursue (most freq. in the histt.):

    quosdam (latrones) consectatus est et confecit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 37, 111:

    redeuntes equites quos possunt consectantur atque occidunt,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 58; 3, 26; 4, 14; Nep. Them. 2, 3; Liv. 43, 10, 7; Vell. 2, 19, 2; Tac. Agr. 16; id. A. 4, 24; id. H. 1, 68.— Of the chase, * Lucr. 5, 965; cf. Liv. 21, 43, 8; 41, 9, 6:

    Fuflum clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis,

    Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2:

    victos implacabili odio,

    Tac. H. 4, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., of things omnia me mala consectantur, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 7.
    ► In pass.
    signif.: uxorem tuam a populo lapidibus consectari video (diôkesthai), to be persecuted, Laber. ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consector

  • 6 werben

    (Reklame machen) to tout; to advertise;
    (anwerben) to recruit; to enlist
    * * *
    wẹr|ben ['vɛrbn] pret wa\#rb [varp] ptp gewo\#rben [gə'vɔrbn]
    1. vt
    Mitglieder, Mitarbeiter to recruit; Kunden, Abonnenten, Stimmen to attract, to win; Soldaten to recruit, to enlist
    2. vi
    to advertise

    für etw werben — to advertise sth, to promote sth

    Plakate, die für den linken Kandidaten werben — placards supporting the left-wing candidate

    um etw werben — to solicit sth, to court sth

    um Unterstützung/Verständnis werben — to try to enlist support/understanding

    um junge Wähler/neue Kunden werben — to try to attract or woo young voters/new customers

    * * *
    2) (to try to gain (admiration etc).) court
    3) (to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc: The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom.) tout
    * * *
    wer·ben
    <wirbt, warb, geworben>
    [ˈvɛrbn̩]
    I. vt
    ▪ jdn [für etw akk] \werben to recruit sb [for sth]
    II. vi
    ▪ für etw akk \werben to advertise [or promote] sth
    für eine Partei \werben to try to win support for a party
    um eine Frau/einen Mann \werben to woo a woman/pursue a man
    um Unterstützung \werben to try to enlist support
    um neue Wähler \werben to try to attract new voters
    um Vertrauen \werben to try to gain trust
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    2) (geh.): (sich bemühen)

    um jemandes Gunst/Freundschaft werben — court somebody's favour/friendship

    2.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb attract <customers etc.>; recruit <soldiers, members, staff, etc.>
    * * *
    werben; wirbt, warb, hat geworben
    A. v/t (Mitglieder etc) enlist; (Kunden, Stimmen) attract;
    jemanden für etwas werben win sb over to sth
    B. v/i POL campaign; WIRTSCH advertise;
    werben für auch promote, plug umg;
    um jemandes Vertrauen/die Gunst der Wähler etc
    werben set out to gain sb’s trust/the approval of the voters etc
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb
    2) (geh.): (sich bemühen)

    um jemandes Gunst/Freundschaft werben — court somebody's favour/friendship

    2.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb attract <customers etc.>; recruit <soldiers, members, staff, etc.>
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,pp.: warb, geworben)
    = to advertise (UK) v.
    to tout v.
    to woo v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > werben

  • 7 adelante

    adv.
    1 forward, ahead.
    sacar adelante to rescue (proyecto, empresa)
    salimos adelante we put our problems behind us
    2 before, in front.
    intj.
    1 come in.
    2 go on, carry on, go ahead, move on.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: adelantar.
    * * *
    1 forward, further
    1 (pase) come in!
    2 (siga) go ahead!, carry on!
    \
    de aquí en adelante from here on
    en adelante henceforth
    más adelante (tiempo) later on 2 (espacio) further on
    seguir adelante to keep going, carry on
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    ADV
    1) [indicando dirección] forward

    • echado para adelante — (=inclinado) leaning forward; (=seguro de sí mismo) self-assured

    • hacia adelante — forward

    • llevar adelante un proyecto — to carry out a project

    • sacar adelante una empresa/un espectáculo — to get a company/a show off the ground

    • salir adelante — [proyecto, propuesta] to go ahead

    • seguir adelante — to go on

    antes de seguir adelante, ¿hay alguna pregunta? — before I go on, are there any questions?

    paso II, 1., 3)
    2) [indicando posición]

    • más adelante — [en una sala] further forward; [en texto] below

    3) [indicando tiempo]

    • en adelante — from now on, in future

    en adelante las reuniones serán cada dos años — from now on o in future the meetings will be every two years

    de ahora en adelante, de aquí en adelante — from now on

    • más adelante — later

    4) [indicando cantidad]

    • en adelante — upwards

    5)

    ¡adelante! — [autorizando a entrar] come in!; [animando a seguir] go on!, carry on!; (Mil) forward!

    6)

    • adelante de — LAm in front of

    * * *
    a) (expresando dirección, movimiento) forward

    para/hacia adelante — forward

    b) (lugar, posición)

    se sentó adelante — ( en coche) she sat in front; (en clase, cine) she sat at the front

    más adelante la calle se bifurca — further on, the road forks

    tiene un bolsillo adelante — (esp AmL) it has a pocket at the front

    de hoy en adelante — as of o from today

    3)

    adelante de — (loc prep) (AmL)

    a) ( en lugar anterior a) in front of

    adelante de mí/ti/él — in front of me/you/him

    b) ( en presencia de) in front of
    4)

    adelante! — (como interj) ( autorizando la entrada) come in!; ( ordenando marchar) forward!; ( invitando a continuar) go on!, carry on!

    * * *
    = ahead.
    Ex. He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
    ----
    * ¡adelante! = go for it!.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.
    * cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.
    * dar un paso adelante = step up.
    * de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.
    * de atrás para adelante = back and forth.
    * de hoy en adelante = as from today.
    * desde + Fecha/Lugar + en adelante = from + Fecha/Lugar + onward(s).
    * desde hoy en adelante = as from today.
    * desde mitad de + Expresión Temporal + en adelante = from the mid + Expresión Temporal + onwards.
    * en adelante = forward [forwards].
    * Fecha + en adelante = Fecha + onwards.
    * gran salto adelante = giant leap, great leap forward.
    * hacia adelante = onward(s), straight ahead, straight on.
    * hacia adelante y hacia atrás = to and fro.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * llevar adelante = go ahead with, carry on, carry out.
    * más adelante = later, further along, later on, in due time, at a later date.
    * mirar adelante = look + straight ahead.
    * paso adelante = step up.
    * paso hacia adelante = step forward.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * salir adelante = make + ends meet, keep + the wolves from the door, get + unstuck.
    * salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * ser un gran paso adelante = be half the battle.
    * y más adelante = and beyond.
    * * *
    a) (expresando dirección, movimiento) forward

    para/hacia adelante — forward

    b) (lugar, posición)

    se sentó adelante — ( en coche) she sat in front; (en clase, cine) she sat at the front

    más adelante la calle se bifurca — further on, the road forks

    tiene un bolsillo adelante — (esp AmL) it has a pocket at the front

    de hoy en adelante — as of o from today

    3)

    adelante de — (loc prep) (AmL)

    a) ( en lugar anterior a) in front of

    adelante de mí/ti/él — in front of me/you/him

    b) ( en presencia de) in front of
    4)

    adelante! — (como interj) ( autorizando la entrada) come in!; ( ordenando marchar) forward!; ( invitando a continuar) go on!, carry on!

    * * *

    Ex: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.

    * ¡adelante! = go for it!.
    * ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.
    * cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.
    * cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.
    * dar un paso adelante = step up.
    * de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.
    * de atrás para adelante = back and forth.
    * de hoy en adelante = as from today.
    * desde + Fecha/Lugar + en adelante = from + Fecha/Lugar + onward(s).
    * desde hoy en adelante = as from today.
    * desde mitad de + Expresión Temporal + en adelante = from the mid + Expresión Temporal + onwards.
    * en adelante = forward [forwards].
    * Fecha + en adelante = Fecha + onwards.
    * gran salto adelante = giant leap, great leap forward.
    * hacia adelante = onward(s), straight ahead, straight on.
    * hacia adelante y hacia atrás = to and fro.
    * hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.
    * llevar adelante = go ahead with, carry on, carry out.
    * más adelante = later, further along, later on, in due time, at a later date.
    * mirar adelante = look + straight ahead.
    * paso adelante = step up.
    * paso hacia adelante = step forward.
    * resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.
    * salir adelante = make + ends meet, keep + the wolves from the door, get + unstuck.
    * salir adelante a duras penas = eke out + a living, scratch (out) + a living, scrape + a living, eke out + an existence.
    * salir adelante en la vida, = get on in + life.
    * seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.
    * seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.
    * ser un gran paso adelante = be half the battle.
    * y más adelante = and beyond.

    * * *
    1 (expresando dirección, movimiento) forward
    muévelo para/hacia adelante move it forward
    sigamos adelante let's go on
    llevar algo adelante to carry on with sth
    desistí de llevar adelante mis averiguaciones I decided not to carry on with my inquiries o ( frml) not to pursue my inquiries further
    2
    (lugar, parte): más adelante la calle se bifurca further on, the road forks
    [ S ] ver explicación más adelante see explanation below
    la fila dos es muy adelante the second row is too far forward o is too near the front
    ¿cuál es la parte de adelante? which is the front?
    tiene un bolsillo adelante ( esp AmL); it has a pocket at the front
    B
    (en el tiempo): más adelante later
    trataremos ese tema más adelante we will deal with that subject later (on) o at a later date
    en adelante from now on, in future
    de hoy en adelante as from today
    C
    1 (en lugar anterior a) in front of
    adelante de mí/ti/él or ( crit) adelante mío/tuyo/suyo in front of me/you/him
    colocó su silla adelante de la mía she put her chair in front of mine
    2 (en presencia de) in front of
    D
    ¡adelante! ( como interj) (autorizando la entrada) come in!; (ordenando marchar) foward!; (invitando a continuar) go on!, carry on!
    * * *

     

    Del verbo adelantar: ( conjugate adelantar)

    adelanté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    adelante es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    adelantar    
    adelante
    adelantar ( conjugate adelantar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹fecha/viaje› to bring forward

    b) ‹pieza/ficha› to move … forward

    2 ( sobrepasar) to overtake, pass
    3
    a) ‹ reloj› to put … forward

    b) ‹ balón› to pass … forward


    4 ( conseguir) to gain;

    verbo intransitivo
    1


    2 (Auto) to pass, overtake (BrE)
    adelantarse verbo pronominal
    1



    2

    [verano/frío] to arrive early

    3 ( anticiparse):

    adelantese a los acontecimientos to jump the gun;
    yo iba a pagar, pero él se me adelantó I was going to pay, but he beat me to it
    adelante adverbio
    1 ( en el espacio)
    a) (expresando dirección, movimiento) forward;

    ◊ para/hacia adelante forward;

    seguir adelante to go on;
    ¡adelante! ( como interj) ( autorizando la entrada) come in!;

    ( ordenando marchar) forward!
    b) (lugar, posición):



    (en clase, cine) she sat at the front;
    ◊ más adelante la calle se bifurca further on, the road forks;

    la parte de adelante the front
    2 ( en el tiempo):

    (de ahora) en adelante from now on;
    de hoy en adelante as of o from today
    3

    adelantar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to move o bring forward
    (un reloj) to put forward
    figurado to advance: no adelantas nada ocultándoselo, you won't get anything by concealing it from him
    2 (sobrepasar a un coche, a alguien) to overtake
    3 (una fecha, una convocatoria) to bring forward
    fig (hacer predicciones) adelantar acontecimientos, to get ahead of oneself
    no adelantemos acontecimientos, let's not cross the bridge before we come to it
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to advance
    2 (progresar) to make progress: hemos adelantado mucho en una hora, we've made a lot of progress in one hour
    3 (reloj) to be fast
    adelante
    I adverbio forward
    más adelante, (más lejos) further on
    (más tarde) later: no puedo creer que lleven adelante una ley tan injusta, I can't believe they are going ahead with such an unjust law
    seguiremos adelante con la investigación, we'll carry on with the research
    II exclamación ¡adelante!, come in!
    ' adelante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahora
    - hacia
    - invertir
    - llevar
    - proporcionar
    - reservarse
    - sacar
    - sino
    - vencer
    - abatible
    - ahí
    - aquí
    - delante
    - hablar
    - inclinar
    - ir
    - luchar
    - muy
    - paso
    - revés
    - salir
    - seguir
    English:
    ahead
    - along
    - battle
    - bootstrap
    - breakthrough
    - carry
    - carry on
    - carry through
    - come forward
    - day
    - despite
    - fact
    - forge
    - forward
    - further
    - future
    - go through with
    - henceforth
    - hereafter
    - hereinafter
    - lead on
    - lean forward
    - move on
    - now
    - onward
    - onwards
    - over
    - press ahead
    - prosecute
    - pull through
    - push ahead
    - push on
    - qualm
    - step forward
    - step inside
    - straighten out
    - tip
    - weigh up
    - win through
    - backward
    - beyond
    - encourage
    - fall
    - forth
    - front
    - get
    - go
    - grim
    - hence
    - jerk
    * * *
    ♦ adv
    1. [movimiento] forward, ahead;
    echarse adelante to lean forward;
    dar un paso adelante to step forward;
    hacia adelante forwards;
    no se puede seguir adelante porque la carretera está cortada we can't go on because the road is closed
    2. [en el tiempo]
    de este año en adelante from this year on;
    en adelante, llame antes de entrar in future, knock before coming in;
    más adelante ampliaremos el negocio later on, we'll expand the business;
    mirar adelante to look ahead
    3. [posición]
    los asientos de adelante the front seats;
    más adelante se encuentra el centro de cálculo further on is the computer centre;
    prefiero sentarme adelante [en coche] I'd rather sit in the front;
    [en teatro, cine] I'd rather sit towards the front;
    más adelante [en camino] further on;
    [en teatro, cine] further forward; [en texto] below, later;
    se encuentra camino adelante it's further along o down the road
    ♦ adelante de loc prep
    Am in front of;
    Pablo se sienta adelante de mí Pablo sits in front of me
    ♦ interj
    [¡siga!] go ahead!; [¡pase!] come in!
    * * *
    I adv
    1 en espacio forward;
    un paso adelante tb fig a step forward;
    de persona succeed; de proyecto go ahead;
    seguir adelante carry on, keep going;
    ¡adelante! come in!
    2 en tiempo
    :
    más adelante later on;
    aquí en adelante from now on
    II prp
    :
    adelante de L.Am. in front of
    * * *
    1) : ahead, in front, forward
    2)
    más adelante : further on, later on
    3)
    ¡adelante! : come in!
    * * *
    adelante1 adv forward
    adelante2 interj
    1. (para entrar) come in!
    2. (para dar ánimo) carry on!

    Spanish-English dictionary > adelante

  • 8 заданные

    брать заданный пеленг
    take the bearing
    в заданном диапазоне
    within the range
    возвращаться на заданный курс
    regain the track
    восстанавливать заданное положение
    recover to
    восстанавливать заданную линию пути
    reestablish the track
    восстановление заданного положения
    flight recovery
    время набора заданной высоты
    time to climb to
    выводить воздушное судно на заданный курс
    put the aircraft on the course
    выводить на заданный курс
    roll on the course
    выдерживание заданной высоты полета
    preselected altitude hold
    выдерживать воздушное судно на заданном курсе
    hold the aircraft on the heading
    выдерживать заданную высоту
    1. keep the altitude
    2. maintain the altitude выдерживать заданный график полета
    maintain the flight watch
    выдерживать заданный курс
    1. maintain the heading
    2. maintain the course 3. stand on выдерживать заданный параметр
    maintain the parameter
    выдерживать заданный эшелон полета
    maintain the flight level
    выдерживать на заданном курсе
    hold on the heading
    выходить на заданную высоту
    take up the position
    выходить на заданную траекторию
    obtain the correct path
    выходить на заданный курс
    1. roll out on the heading
    2. put on the course 3. get on the course докладывать о занятии заданного эшелона полета
    report reaching the flight level
    докладывать о занятии заданной высоты
    report reaching the altitude
    достигать заданной мощности
    attain the power
    достигать заданной мощность
    gain the power
    достигать заданных оборотов
    reach the speed
    заданная высота
    specified height
    заданная линия пути
    intended track
    заданная скорость
    1. sufficient speed
    2. on-speed 3. target speed заданная траектория полета
    assigned flight path
    заданные условия
    predetermined conditions
    заданные условия полета
    given conditions of flight
    заданный курс
    1. prescribed course
    2. desired heading 3. scheduled course 4. required track заданный маршрут
    1. designated route
    2. assigned track заданный пеленг
    preset bearing
    заданный профиль
    assigned profile
    заданный путевой угол
    desired track angle
    заданный режим полета
    basic flight reference
    заданный уровень безопасности полетов
    target level of safety
    заданный эшелон полета
    preset flight level
    занимать заданную высоту
    reach the altitude
    занимать заданный эшелон полета
    reach the flight level
    испытания на соответствие заданным техническим условиям
    1. proof-of-compliance tests
    2. functional tests карта прогнозов на заданное время
    fixed time prognostic chart
    консультативное сообщение о порядке выдерживания заданных параметров
    maintain advisory
    контролировать заданную частоту
    monitor the frequency
    летать на заданной высоте
    fly at the altitude
    линия заданного пути
    1. track reference
    2. course line 3. desired track набирать заданную высоту
    1. gain the altitude
    2. get the height набирать заданную скорость полета
    obtain the flying speed
    навигация по заданным путевым углам
    angle navigation
    находиться вне заданного предела
    lie beyond the range
    отклонение от заданного курса
    deviation from the course
    отклоняться от заданного курса
    deviate from the heading
    плавно выводить на заданный курс
    smooth on the heading
    подниматься до заданного эшелона
    level up
    полет по заданной траектории
    desired path flight
    полет по заданному маршруту
    desired track flight
    придерживаться заданного курса
    adhere to the track
    пролетать над заданной точкой
    clear the point
    развивать заданную скорость
    1. pick up the speed
    2. gain the speed 3. attain the speed регулировать двигатель до заданных параметров
    adjust the engine
    режим малого газа в заданных пределах
    deadband idle
    режим работы автопилота по заданному курсу
    autopilot heading mode
    режим стабилизации на заданной высоте
    height-lock mode
    сигнализация самопроизвольного ухода с заданной высоты
    altitude alert warning
    скорость, заданная подвижным индексом
    bug speed
    (прибора) следовать по заданному курсу
    pursue
    снижаться до заданного эшелона
    level down
    стрелка заданного путевого угла
    course arrow
    терять заданную скорость
    lose the speed
    точное зависание над заданной точкой
    spot hovering
    уклоняться от заданного курса
    be off the track
    условия по заданному маршруту
    conditions on the route
    установка заданного курса
    heading set
    уходить на второй круг по заданной схеме
    take a missed-approach procedure
    уходить с заданного курса
    drift off the heading
    уходить с заданной высоты
    leave the altitude
    эксплуатировать в заданных условиях
    operate under the conditions

    Русско-английский авиационный словарь > заданные

  • 9 GANGA

    * * *
    I)
    (geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.
    1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);
    2) to go;
    ganga heim, to go home;
    ganga braut, to go away;
    ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;
    ganga á skip, to go on board;
    ganga af skipi, to go ashore;
    with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;
    ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;
    3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);
    4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);
    5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);
    6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);
    gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;
    8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);
    of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);
    of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);
    9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);
    impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;
    10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;
    láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;
    Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;
    ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;
    impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;
    þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;
    12) to turn out, go in a specified way;
    ganga andæris, to go all wrong;
    gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;
    impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);
    13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);
    14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);
    15) with preps. and adverbs:
    ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);
    ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;
    ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;
    to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);
    to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);
    to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);
    nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;
    ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);
    ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);
    to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);
    of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);
    ganga at e-m, to attack one;
    ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);
    ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;
    hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;
    ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;
    ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;
    ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;
    ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);
    ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);
    ganga fram, to step forward;
    ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;
    to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);
    to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);
    to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);
    ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);
    ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);
    ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;
    ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;
    maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;
    ganga í mál, to undertake a case;
    ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;
    ganga með barni, to be with child;
    ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;
    ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);
    ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;
    ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;
    ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;
    to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;
    ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);
    ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);
    ganga saman, to marry;
    of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;
    saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;
    ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;
    ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);
    en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;
    hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?
    Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;
    ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;
    ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;
    ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;
    ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);
    g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);
    ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;
    ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);
    to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);
    of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);
    of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;
    ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;
    ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;
    ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);
    ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;
    slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;
    eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;
    16) refl., gangast.
    f.
    1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);
    vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;
    2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).
    * * *
    pret. gekk or gékk, 2nd pers. gékkt, mod. gékst; pl. gengu, geingu, or géngu, and an old poët. gingu; gengengu in Vsp. 12 is a mere misspelling (vide Sæm. Möb. 258); pres. geng, pl. göngum; pret. subj. gengi (geingi); imperat. gakk and gakktú; with the neg. suffix geng-at, gengr-at, gékk-at, gakk-attu, passim; a middle form göngumk firr, go from me, Gm. 1: a contracted form gá occurs now and then in mod. hymns; it is not vernacular but borrowed from Germ. and Dan.: [cp. Ulf. gaggan; A. S. and Hel. gangan; Scot. and North. E. gang, mod. Engl. go; Dan.-Swed. gange or gå; Germ. gehen; Ivar Aasen ganga: Icel., Scots, and Norsemen have preserved the old ng, which in Germ. and Swed.-Dan. only remains in poetry or in a special sense, e. g. in Germ. compds.]
    A. To go:
    I. to walk; reið jarl en Karkr gékk, Fms. i. 210, Rm. 1, 2, 6, 14, 23, 24, 30, Edda 10, Grág. ii. 95, passim; ganga leiðar sinnar, to go one’s way, Fms. x. 290, Krók. 26: adding acc., g. alla leið, Fms. xi. 202, 299; g. berg, to climb a cliff; g. afréttar, to search the fell-pastures (fjallganga), Háv. 39; also g. ( to climb) í fjall, í kletta, Fms. x. 313: Icel. also say, ganga skó og sokka, to wear out shoes and socks; hann gékk tvenna skó; ganga berserks gang, q. v.
    β. absol. to go a-begging, Grág. i. 226, 232, Ísl. ii. 25; ganga vergang, húsgang, id. (göngumaðr).
    II. adding adverbs, infinitives, adjectives, or the like,
    α. an adverb denoting direction; g. út ok inn, Vkv. 4, Lv. 26; g. inn, Fms. i. 16, vi. 33; g. út, to go out, Lat. exire, Nj. 194; g. aptr, to return, Fms. x. 352; g. fram, to step forward, Hm. 1, Eg. 165; g. upp, to go up, ashore; g. ofan, niðr, to go down; g. heiman, 199; g. heim, to go home; gakk hingat, come hither! 488; g. móti, í gegn e-m, to go against, to meet one; g. braut, to go away; g. til e-s, or at e-m, to go to one; g. frá e-m, to leave one; g. með e-m, to go with one; g. hjá, to pass by; g. saman, to go together; g. yfir, to go over; g. gegnum, to go through; g. undir, to go under; g. undan, fyrir, to go before; g. eptir, to go behind; g. um, to rove, stroll about, and so on passim; g. í sæti, to go to one’s seat, take a seat, Eg. 551; g. til hvílu, to go to bed, Nj. 201; g. til matar, to go to dinner, Sturl. iii. 111, Eg. 483; g. til vinnu, verks, to go to one’s work, cp. Hm. 58; g. í kirkju, to go to church, Rb. 82; g. á fjall, to go on the fells, Hrafn. 34; g. á skip, to go on board, Fms. x. 10; g. af skipi, to go ashore.
    β. with infin., in old poems often dropping ‘at;’ ganga sofa, to go to sleep, Fm. 27; g. at sofa, Hm. 19; g. vega, to go to fight, Vsp. 56, Ls. 15; g. at eiga konu, to go to be married, Grág. i. 318.
    γ. with an adj.; g. hræddr, to be afraid; g. úviss, to be in ignorance, etc., Fms. vii. 271, Sks. 250, 688.
    2. in a more special sense; g. til einvígis, bardaga, to go to a duel, battle, Nj. 64; g. á hólm (hólmganga), Eg. 504, 506; g. á eintal, Nj. 103; g. til máls við e-n, to speak to one, Eg. 199, 764; g. í glímu, to go a-wrestling, Ísl. ii. 246; g. á fang, id., Ld. 206; g. í danz, to go a-dancing; g. til skripta, to go to shrift, Hom. 157; g. at brúðkaupi, to go to be married, Fms. vii. 278; g. í skóla, klaustr, to go to school, go into a cloister (as an inmate), (hence skóla-genginn, a school-man, scholar), Bs. passim; g. í þjónustu, to take service, Nj. 268; g. í lið með e-m, to enter one’s party, side with one, 100; g. í lög, to enter a league with one; g. ór lögum, to go out of a league, passim; g. í félag, ór félagi, id.; g. á mala, to take service as a soldier, 121; g. á hönd, g. til handa, to submit to one as a liegeman, surrender, Eg. 19, 33, Ó. H. 184, Fms. vii. 180; g. á vald e-m, to give oneself up, Nj. 267; g. á hendr e-m, to encroach upon, Ver. 56; g. í skuld, to bail, Grág. i. 232, Dipl. ii. 12; g. í trúnað, to warrant, Fms. xi. 356; g. til trygða, Nj. 166, and g. til griða, to accept truce, surrender, Fas. ii. 556; g. í mál, to enter, undertake a case, Nj. 31; g. í ánauð, to go into bondage, Eg. 8; g. til lands, jarðar, ríkis, arfs, to take possession of …, 118, Stj. 380, Grág., Fms. passim; g. til fréttar, to go to an oracle, take auspices, 625. 89; g. til Heljar, a phrase for to die, Fms. x. 414; g. nær, to go nigh, go close to, press hard on, Ld. 146, 322, Fms. xi. 240 (where reflex.); var sá viðr bæði mikill og góðr því at Þorkell gékk nær, Th. kept a close eye on it, Ld. 316.
    B. Joined with prepp. and adverbs in a metaph. sense:—g. af, to depart from, go off; þá gékk af honum móðrinn ok sefaðisk hann, Edda 28; þá er af honum gékk hamremin, Eg. 125, Eb. 136, Stj. 118; g. af sér, to go out of or beyond oneself; mjök g. þeir svari-bræðr nú af sér, Fbr. 32; í móti Búa er hann gengr af sér ( rages) sem mest, Fb. i. 193; þá gékk mest af sér ranglæti manna um álnir, Bs. i. 135: so in the mod. phrases, g. fram af sér, to overstrain oneself; and g. af sér, to fall off, decay: to forsake, g. af trú, to apostatize, Fms. ii. 213; g. af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad, Post. 656 C. 31; g. af Guðs boðorðum, Stj. passim: to pass. Páskar g. af, Ld. 200: to be left as surplus (afgangr), Rb. 122, Grág. i. 411, K. Þ. K. 92:—g. aptr, to walk again, of a ghost (aptrganga), Ld. 58, Eb. 278, Fs. 131, 141, passim; and absol., g. um híbýli, to hunt, Landn. 107: to go back, be void, of a bargain, Gþl. 491:—g. at e-m, to go at, attack, Nj. 80, 160: to press on, Grág. i. 51, Dipl. ii. 19 (atgangr): g. at e-u, to accept a choice, Nj. 256; g. at máli, to assist, help, 207: to fit, of a key, lykla þá sem g. at kístum yðrum, Finnb. 234, Fbr. 46 new Ed., N. G. L. i. 383: medic. to ail, e-ð gengr at e-m; ok gengr at barni, and if the bairn ails, 340, freq. in mod. usage of ailment, grief, etc.:—g. á e-t, to go against, encroach upon; ganga á ríki e-s, Fms. i. 2; g. upp á, to tread upon, vii. 166; hverr maðr er ólofat gengr á mál þeirra, who trespasses against their measure, Grág. i. 3: to break, g. á orð, eiða, sættir, trygðir, grið, Finnb. 311, Fms. i. 189, Ld. 234; g. á bak e-u, to contravene, Ísl. ii. 382; ganga á, to go on with a thing, Grág. ii. 363; hence the mod. phrase, mikið gengr á, much going on; hvað gengr á, what is going on? það er farið að g. á það (of a task or work or of stores), it is far advanced, not much left:—g. eptir, to go after, pursue, claim (eptirgangr), Nj. 154, Þórð. 67, Fms. vii. 5; g. eptir e-m, to humour one who is cross, in the phrase, g. eptir e-m með grasið í skónum; vertu ekki að g. eptir stráknum; hann vill láta g. eptir ser (of a spoilt boy, cross fellow): to prove true, follow, hón mælti mart, en þó gékk þat sumt eptir, Nj. 194; eptir gékk þat er mér bauð hugr um, Eg. 21, Fms. x. 211:—g. fram, to go on well in a battle, Nj. 102, 235, Háv. 57 (framgangr): to speed, Nj. 150, Fms. xi. 427: to grow, increase (of stock), fé Hallgerðar gékk fram ok varð allmikit, Nj. 22; en er fram gékk mjök kvikfé Skallagríms, Eg. 136, Vígl. 38: to come to pass, skal þess bíða er þetta gengr fram, Nj. 102, Fms. xi. 22: to die, x. 422:—g. frá, to leave (a work) so and so; g. vel frá, to make good work; g. ílla frá, to make bad work; það er ílla frá því gengið, it is badly done:—g. fyrir, to go before, to yield to, to be swayed by a thing; heldr nú við hót, en ekki geng ek fyrir slíku, Fms. i. 305; þó at vér gangim heldr fyrir blíðu en stríðu, ii. 34, Fb. i. 378, Hom. 68; hvárki gékk hann fyrir blíðyrðum né ógnarmálum, Fms. x. 292; hann gékk þá fyrir fortülum hennar, Bs. i. 742: in mod. usage reflex., gangast fyrir íllu, góðu: to give away, tók hann þá at ganga fyrir, Fb. i. 530: Icel. now say, reflex., gangast fyrir, to fall off, from age or the like (vide fyrirgengiligr): to prevent, skal honum þá eigi fyrnska fyrir g., N. G. L. i. 249; þá er hann sekr þrem mörkum nema nauðsyn gangi fyrir, 14; at þeim gangi lögleg forföll fyrir, Gþl. 12:—g. í gegn, to go against, to meet, in mod. usage to deny, and so it seems to be in Gþl. 156; otherwise in old writers it always means the reverse, viz. to avow, confess; maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðsk tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away, Ísl. ii. 331; ef maðr gengr í gegn legorðinu, Grág. i. 340; sá goði er í gegn gékk ( who acknowledged) þingfesti hans, 20; hann iðraðisk úráðs síns, ok gékk í gegn at hann hefði saklausan selt herra sinn, Sks. 584,—this agrees with the parallel phrase, g. við e-t, mod. g. við e-u, to confess, both in old and mod. usage, id.:—g. hjá, to pass by, to waive a thing, Fms. vi. 168:—g. með, to go with one, to wed, marry (only used of a woman, like Lat. nubere), þú hefir þvert tekit at g. með mér, Ld. 262, Sd. 170, Grág. i. 178, Þiðr. 209, Gkv. 2. 27, Fms. xi. 5: medic., g. með barni, to go with child, i. 57; with acc. (barn), Bs. i. 790, and so in mod. usage; a mother says, sama sumarið sem eg gékk með hann (hana) N. N., (meðgöngutími); but dat. in the phrase, vera með barni, to be with child; g. með burði, of animals, Sks. 50, Stj. 70; g. með máli, to assist, plead, Eg. 523, Fms. xi. 105, Eb. 210; g. með e-u, to confess [Dan. medgaae], Stj., but rare and not vernacular:—g. milli, to go between, intercede, esp. as a peacemaker, passim (milli-ganga, meðal-ganga):—g. í móti, to resist, Nj. 90, 159, 171: of the tide, en þar gékk í móti útfalls-straumr, Eg. 600:—g. saman, to go together, marry, Grág. i. 324, Fms. xi. 77: of a bargain, agreement, við þetta gékk saman sættin, Nj. 250; saman gékk kaupit með þeim, 259:—g. sundr, to go asunder, part, and of a bargain, to be broken off, passim:—g. til, to step out, come along; gangit til, ok blótið, 623. 59; gangit til, ok hyggit at, landsmenn, Fms. iv. 282: to offer oneself, to volunteer, Bs. i. 23, 24: the phrase, e-m gengr e-ð til e-s, to purpose, intend; en þat gékk mér til þess ( that was my reason) at ek ann þér eigi, etc., Ísl. ii. 269; sagði, at honum gékk ekki ótrúnaðr til þessa, Fms. x. 39; gékk Flosa þat til, at …, Nj. 178; gengr mér meirr þat til, at ek vilda firra vini mína vandræðum, Fms. ii. 171; mælgi gengr mér til, ‘tis that I have spoken too freely, Orkn. 469, Fms. vi. 373, vii. 258: to fare, hversu hefir ykkr til gengið, how have you fared? Grett. 48 new Ed.; Loka gékk lítt til, it fared ill with L., Fb. i. 276: mod., þat gékk svá til, it so happened, but not freq., as bera við is better, (tilgangr, intention):—g. um e-t, to go about a thing; g. um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker, Fms. v. 156; g. um beina, to attend guests, Nj. 50, passim: to manage, fékk hón svá um gengit, Grett. 197 new Ed.; hversu þér genguð um mitt góðs, 206: to spread over, in the phrase, má þat er um margan gengr; þess er um margan gengr guma, Hm. 93: to veer, go round, of the wind, gékk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim, the wind went round and a gale met them, Bs. i. 775:—g. undan, to go before, escape, Ver. 15, Fms. vii. 217, Blas. 49: to be lost, wasted, jafnmikit sem undan gékk af hans vanrækt, Gþl. 338: to absent oneself, eggjuðusk ok báðu engan undan g., Fms. x. 238:—g. undir, to undertake a duty, freq.: to set, of the sun, Rb. 468, Vígl. (in a verse): to go into one’s possession, power, Fms. vii. 207;—g. upp, to be wasted, of money, Fær. 39, Fms. ix. 354: of stones or earth-bound things, to get loose, be torn loose, þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir í húsinu, Landn. 185; flest gékk upp þat sem fyrir þeim varð, Háv. 40, Finnb. 248; ok gékk ór garðinum upp ( was rent loose) garðtorfa frosin, Eb. 190: to rise, yield, when summoned, Sturl. iii. 236: of a storm, gale, to get up, rise, veðr gékk upp at eins, Grett. 94, Bárð. 169; gengr upp stormr hinn sami, Bs. ii. 50: of an ice-bound river, to swell, áin var ákafliga mikil, vóru höfuðísar at báðum-megin, en gengin upp ( swoln with ice) eptir miðju, Ld. 46, Fbr. 20 new Ed., Bjarn. 52; vötnin upp gengin, Fbr. 114; áin var gengin upp ok íll yfirferðar, Grett. 134:—g. við, in the phrase, g. við staf, to go with a staff, rest on it: with dat., g. við e-u, to avow (vide ganga í gegn above):—g. yfir, to spread, prevail, áðr Kristnin gengi yfir, Fms. x. 273; hétu á heiðin goð til þess at þau léti eigi Kristnina g. yfir landit, Bs. i. 23: the phrase, láta eitt g. yfir báða, to let one fate go over both, to stand by one another for weal and woe; hefi ek því heitið honum at eitt skyldi g. yfir okkr bæði, Nj. 193, 201, 204, Gullþ. 8: so in the saying, má þat er yfir margan gengr, a common evil is easier to bear, Fbr. 45 new Ed. (vide um above); muntu nú verða at segja slíkt sem yfir hefir gengið, all that has happened, Fms. xi. 240; þess gengr ekki yfir þá at þeir vili þeim lengr þjóna, they will no longer serve them, come what may, Orkn. 84: to overrun, tyrannize over, þeir vóru ójafnaðar menn ok ganga þar yfir alla menn, Fms. x. 198 (yfirgangr): to transgress, Hom. 109: to overcome, þótti öllum mönnum sem hann mundi yfir allt g., Fms. vii. 326: a naut. term, to dash over, as spray, áfall svá mikit at yfir gékk þegar skipit, Bs. i. 422; hence the metaph. phrase, g. yfir e-n, to be astonished; það gengr yfir mig, it goes above me, I am astonished.
    C. Used singly, of various things:
    1. of cattle, horses, to graze (haga-gangr); segja menn at svín hans gengi á Svínanesi, en sauðir á Hjarðarnesi, Landn. 124, Eg. 711; kálfrinn óx skjótt ok gékk í túni um sumarit, Eb. 320; Freyfaxi gengr í dalnum fram, Hrafn. 6; þar var vanr at g. hafr um túnit, Nj. 62; þar var til grass (görs) at g., Ld. 96, Grág. passim; gangandi gripr, cattle, beasts, Bjarn. 22; ganganda fé, id., Sturl. i. 83, Band. 2, Ísl. ii. 401.
    2. of shoals of fish, to go up, in a river or the like (fiski-ganga, -gengd); vötn er netnæmir fiskar g. í, Grág. i. 149; til landauðnar horfði í Ísafirði áðr fiskr gékk upp á Kvíarmiði, Sturl. ii. 177; fiskr er genginn inn ór álum, Bb. 3. 52.
    3. of the sun, stars, vide B. above, (sólar-gangr hæstr, lengstr, and lægstr skemstr = the longest and shortest day); áðr sól gangi af Þingvelli, Grág. i. 24; því at þar gékk eigi sól af um skamdegi, Landn. 140, Rb. passim:—of a thunder-storm, þar gékk reiði-duna með eldingu, Fb. iii. 174:—of the tide, stream, water, vide B. above, eða gangi at vötn eða skriður, K. Þ. K. 78.
    4. of a ship, gékk þá skipit mikit, Eg. 390, Fms. vi. 249; létu svá g. suðr fyrir landit, Eg. 78; lét svá g. suðr allt þar til er hann sigldi í Englands-haf, Ó. H. 149; réru nótt ok dag sem g. mátti, Eg. 88; gékk skipit brátt út á haf, Ó. H. 136.
    β. to pass; kvað engi skip skyldi g. (go, pass) til Íslands þat sumar, Ld. 18.
    II. metaph. to run out, stretch out, project, of a landscape or the like; gengr haf fyrir vestan ok þar af firðir stórir, Eg. 57; g. höf stór ór útsjánum inn í jörðina; haf (the Mediterranean) gengr af Njörva-sundum (the Straits of Gibraltar), Hkr. i. 5; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, Eg. 129, Nj. 261; í gegnum Danmörk gengr sjór (the Baltic) í Austrveg, A. A. 288; fyrir austan hafs-botn þann (Bothnia) er gengr til móts við Gandvík (the White Sea), Orkn. begin.: frá Bjarmalandi g. lönd til úbygða, A. A. 289; Europa gengr allt til endimarka Hispaniae, Stj. 83; öllum megin gengr at henni haf ok kringir um hana, 85; þessi þinghá gékk upp ( extended) um Skriðudal, Hrafn. 24: of houses, af fjósi gékk forskáli, Dropl. 28.
    2. to spread, branch out; en af því tungurnar eru ólíkar hvár annarri, þær þegar, er ór einni ok hinni sömu hafa gengit eða greinzt, þá þarf ólíka stafi í at hafa, Skálda (Thorodd) 160: of a narrative, gengr þessi saga mest af Sverri konungi, this story goes forth from him, i. e. relates to, tells of him, Fb. ii. 533; litlar sögur megu g. af hesti mínum, Nj. 90; um fram alla menn Norræna þá er sögur g. frá, Fms. i. 81.
    III. to take the lead, prevail; gékk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter (i. e. after the Conquest) the Welsh tongue prevailed in England, Ísl. ii. 221; ok þar allt sem Dönsk tunga gengi, Fms. xi. 19; meðan Dönsk tunga gengr, x. 179:—of money, to be current, hundrað aura þá er þá gengu í gjöld, Dropl. 16; eigi skulu álnar g. aðrar en þessar, Grág. i. 498; í þenna tíð gékk hér silfr í allar stórskuldir, 500, Fms. viii. 270; eptir því sem gengr ( the course) flestra manna í millum, Gþl. 352:—of laws, to be valid, ok var nær sem sín lög gengi í hverju fylki, Fms. iv. 18; Óðinn setti lög í landi sínu þau er gengit höfðu fyrr með Ásum, Hkr. i. 13; þeirra laga er gengu á Uppsala-þingi, Ó. H. 86; hér hefir Kristindóms-bálk þann er g. skal, N. G. L. i. 339; sá siðr er þá gékk, Fb. i. 71, (vide ganga yfir):—of sickness, plague, famine, to rage, þá gékk landfarsótt, bóla, drepsótt, hallæri, freq.; also impers., gékk því hallæri um allt Ísland, Bs. i. 184; mikit hallæri ok hart gékk yfir fólkið, 486, v. l.; gékk sóttin um haustið fyrir sunnan land; þá gékk mest plágan fyrri, Ann. 1402, 1403.
    IV. to go on, last, in a bad sense, of an evil; tókst síðan bardagi, ok er hann hafði gengit um hríð, Fs. 48: impers., hefir þessu gengit ( it has gone on) marga manns-aldra, Fms. i. 282; gékk því lengi, so it went on a long while, Grett. 79 new Ed.; gékk þessu enn til dags, Nj. 272; ok gékk því um hríð, 201; ok gékk því allan þann dag, Fms. vii. 147; lát því g. í allt sumar, xi. 57; gengr þessu þar til er …, Fb. i. 258.
    V. denoting violence; létu g. bæði grjót ok vápn, Eg. 261; létu þá hvárir-tveggju g. allt þat er til vápna höfðu, Fms. ix. 44; láta höggin g., to let it rain blows, Úlf. 12. 40; háðung, spottyrði, hróp ok brigzl hver lét með öðrum g. á víxl, Pass. 14. 3, (vápna-gangr); Birkibeinar róa þá eptir, ok létu g. lúðrana, and sounded violently the alarum, Fms. ix. 50, (lúðra-gangr); láta dæluna g., to pour out bad language, vide dæla.
    VI. to be able to go on, to go, partly impers.; ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do, Fms. vi. 284; svá þykt at þeim gékk þar ekki at fara, they stood so close that they could not proceed there, Nj. 247; þá nam þar við, gékk þá eigi lengra, there was a stop; then it could go no farther, Fms. xi. 278; leiddu þeir skipit upp eptir ánni, svá sem gékk, as far as the ship could go, as far as the river was navigable, Eg. 127: esp. as a naut. term, impers., e. g. þeim gékk ekki fyrir nesið, they could not clear the ness; þá gengr eigi lengra, ok fella þeir þá seglið, Bs. i. 423; at vestr gengi um Langanes, 485, v. l.
    VII. with adverbs; g. létt, fljótt, to go smoothly; g. þungt, seint, to go slowly; oss munu öll vápna-viðskipti þungt g. við þá, Nj. 201; þungt g. oss nú málaferlin, 181; gékk þeim lítt atsóknin, Stj. 385; at þeim feðgum hefði þá allir hlutir léttast gengit, Bs. i. 274; seint gengr, Þórir, greizlan, Ó. H. 149; g. betr, verr, to get the better, the worse; gékk Ribbungum betr í fyrstu, Fms. ix. 313; gengu ekki mjök kaupin, the bargain did not go well, Nj. 157, cp. ganga til (B. above):—to turn out, hversu g. mundi orrostan, 273; gékk þá allt eptir því sem Hallr hafði sagt, 256; ef kviðir g. í hag sækjanda, if the verdict goes for the plaintiff, Grág. i. 87; þótti þetta mál hafa gengit at óskum, Dropl. 14; mart gengr verr en varir, a saying, Hm. 39; þykir honum nú at sýnu g. ( it seems to him evident) at hann hafi rétt hugsað, Fms. xi. 437; g. andæris, to go all wrong, Am. 14; g. misgöngum, to go amiss, Grág. i. 435; g. e-m í tauma, to turn false ( crooked); þat mun mér lítt í tauma g. er Rútr segir, Nj. 20; g. ofgangi, to go too high, Fms. vii. 269.
    VIII. of a blow or the like; hafði gengit upp á miðjan fetann, the axe went in up to the middle of the blade, Nj. 209; gékk þegar á hol, 60; gékk í gegnum skjöldinn, 245, Fb. i. 530.
    IX. of law; láta próf g., to make an enquiry; láta vátta g., to take evidence, D. N.
    X. to be gone, be lost; gékk hér með holdit niðr at beini, the flesh was torn off, Fb. i. 530: esp. in pass. part. genginn, dead, gone, eptir genginn guma, Hm. 71; moldar-genginn, buried, Sl. 60; hel-genginn, 68; afli genginn, gone from strength, i. e. powerless, Skv. 3. 13.
    β. gone, past; gengið er nú það görðist fyr, a ditty; mér er gengið heimsins hjól, gone for me is the world’s wheel ( luck), a ditty.
    XI. used as transit. with acc.; hann gengr björninn á bak aptr, he broke the bear’s back in grappling with him, Finnb. 248; ok gengr hana á bak, ok brýtr í sundr í henni hrygginn, Fb. i. 530.
    2. medic. with dat. to discharge; ganga blóði, to discharge blood (Dan. blodgang), Bs. i. 337, 383; Arius varð bráðdauðr ok gékk ór sér öllum iðrum, Ver. 47.
    D. REFLEX.:
    I. singly, gangask, to be altered, to change, be corrupted; gangask í munni, of tradition; var þat löng ævi, ok vant at sögurnar hefði eigi gengisk í munni, Ó. H. pref.; má því eigi þetta mál í munni gengisk hafa, Fb. ii. Sverr. S. pref.; ok mættim vér ráða um nokkut, at málit gengisk, that the case could miscarry, be lost, Glúm. 380:—láta gangask, to let pass. waive; lét Páll þá g. þá hluti er áðr höfðu í millum staðit, Sturl. i. 102; ef þú lætr eigi g. þat er ek kref þik, Fms. xi. 61.
    2. e-m gengsk hugr við e-t, to change one’s mind, i. e. to be moved to compassion, yield; sótti hón þá svá at honum gékksk hugr við, Eb. 264; þá gékksk Þorgerði hugr við harma-tölur hans, Ld. 232; ok mun honum g. hugr við þat, svá at hann mun fyrirgefa þér, Gísl. 98; nú sem hann grét, gékksk Ísak hugr við, Stj. 167; er sendimaðr fann at Birni gékksk hugr við féit, Ó. H. 194; við slíkar fortölur hennar gékksk Einari hugr (E. was swayed) til ágirni, Orkn. 24.
    II. with prepp. (cp. B. above); gangask at, to ‘go at it,’ engage in a fight; nú gangask þeir at fast, Dropl. 24, Ísl. ii. 267; gengusk menn at sveitum, of wrestlers, they wrestled one with another in sections (Dan. flokkevis), Glúm. 354; þeir gengusk at lengi, Finnb. 248:—gangask fyrir, vide B. above:—gangask í gegn, at móti, to stand against, fight against; at vér látim ok eigi þá ráða er mest vilja í gegn gangask (i. e. the extreme on each side), Íb. 12, cp. Fms. ii. 241; at þeir skipaði til um fylkingar sínar, hverjar sveitir móti skyldi g., i. e. to pair the combatants off, ix. 489; þeir risu upp ok gengusk at móti, Stj. 497. 2 Sam. ii. 15:—g. nær, to come to close quarters (Lat. cominus gerere), Nj. 176, Fms. xi. 240:—gangask á, to dash against one another, to split; á gengusk eiðar, the oaths were broken, Vsp. 30: to be squared off against one another, sú var görð þeirra, at á gengusk vígin húskarlanna, Rd. 288; ekki er annars getið en þeir léti þetta á gangask, i. e. they let it drop, Bjarn. 47; gangask fyrir, to fall off, Fms. iii. 255:—gangask við, to grow, gain strength; áðr en við gengisk hans bæn, before his prayer should be fulfilled, x. 258; ef þat er ætlað at trúa þessi skuli við g., Nj. 162; hétu þeir fast á guðin, at þau skyldi eigi láta við garrgask Kristniboð Ólafs konungs, Fms. ii. 32; þetta gékksk við um öll þau fylki, vii. 300; mikit gékksk Haraldr við (H. grew fast) um vöxt ok afl, Fb. i. 566; Eyvindr hafði mikið við gengizk um menntir, E. had much improved himself in good breeding, Hrafn. 24; vildi hann prófa hvárr þeirra meira hafði við gengisk, which of them had gained most strength, Grett. 107: to be in vogue, in a bad sense, ok löngum við gengisk öfund ok rangindi, Fms. i. 221, cp. Pass. 37. 7:—gangask ór stað, to be removed, Fms. xi. 107.
    III. in the phrase, e-m gengsk vel, ílla, it goes well, ill with one, Hom. 168, Am. 53; ílls gengsk þér aldri, nema …, the evil will never leave thee, thou wilt never be happy, unless …, 65.

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  • 10 adfectato

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 11 adfecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 12 affecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 13 цель

    сущ.
    1. aim; 2. target; 3. purpose; 4. object; 5. objective; 6. goal; 7. end; 8. point
    Русское существительное цель многозначно и относится как к физической, так и к интеллектуальной сферам деятельности, не указывает на конкретные причины, называющие цель и желаемый результат. В английском же языке эквиваленты, напротив, содержат в себе указание на причины, характер самой цели и желаемый результат.
    1. aim — (существительное aim многозначно и соответствует двум значениям русского слова цель): a) цель, прицел, прицеливание, линия прицела: to take aim — прицеливаться; to miss the aim — промахнуться/не попасть в цель; to hit the aim — попасть в цель My aim wasn't very good and the ball went over the fence. — Я плохо прицелился, и мяч улетел через забор. What part of the target are you taking aim at? — В какую часть мишени ты целишься? Не quickly regained his balance, took aim, and fired. — Он быстро вновь обрел равновесие, прицелился и выстрелил. b) цель, намерение, план, планы, стремление, замыслы (то что вы надеетесь достичь, приложив усилия): sinister aims — зловещие замыслы; ambicious aims — честолюбивые планы The aim of the project is to help patients to be more independent. — Цель этого проекта — помочь пациентам стать более самостоятельными. The group was committed to achieving its aims through peaceful means. — Группа стремится к достижению своих целей мирными средствами. The council's aim is to improve services and cut costs. — Цель комитета — улучшить обслуживание и сократить расходы. The course's aim is to train students to develop their communicative skills. — Цель курса — помочь студентам развить их коммуникативные навыки.
    2. target — (существительное target многозначно; используется в прямом смысле как объект атаки/нападения, а также и в метафорическом, переносном смысле: цель деятельности): a) цель, мишень (при стрельбе, в спорте, игре), объект для нападения, объект для критики, объект для насмешек и т. д.: Few players managed to get their shots on target. — Мало кто из игроков смог послать мяч в цель./Мало кто из игроков смог послать стрелу в цель. Foreigners have become targets for attack by terrorists. — Иностранцы стали объектом нападения террористов. The house was left vacant and therefore a target for vandals. — Оставленный пустым дом стал объектом нападения вандалов./Оставленный пустым дом стал объектом нападения хулиганов. His war records became a target for his enemies. — Его военные заслуги сделали его мишенью для нападок недоброжелателей. b) заданная цель, поставленная задача ( часто выраженная в деньгах): prime target — приоритетная задача; to set a target — ставить цель/поставить задачу; to meet a target — достичь цели Target for the appeal is $20.000 for children's charities. — Цель обращения — собрать двадцать тысяч долларов на благотворительные цели для нуждающихся детей. The magazine has a target readership of half a million people. — Журнал ставит своей целью достичь полумиллионного тиража. We think teenagers are a prime target for the anti-smoking campaign. — Нам кажется, что основным объектом кампании против курения являются подростки.
    3. purpose — цель ( предполагает получение желаемого результата путем конкретных действий): specific (definite, unchanging, common, essential, temporary) purpose — особая (ясная, неизменная, общая, основная, временная) цель; in/with didactic/educational (patriotic, propagandistic) purposes — в воспитательных (патриотических, пропагандистских) целях; the sole purpose of doing it — единственная цель этих действий; to pursue a purpose — преследовать цель The author's purpose in writing this book was to draw attention to the problems of homeless children. — Автор написал эту книгу с целью привлечь внимание к судьбе/проблемам бездомных детей. The purpose of his tour is to attend the conference. — Цель его поездки — участие в конференции. The purpose of this dictionary is to help students of English. — Цель этого словаря — помочь изучающим английский язык./Задача этого словаря — помочь изучающим английский язык. Her sole purpose in being here was to kill some time. — Единственной целью ее прихода сюда было убить время. You must decide which method suits your purpose best. — Вы должны решить, какой метод наиболее соответствует вашей цели.
    4. object — цель, конечная цель (нечто, что вы планируете достичь, особенно труднодостижимое; употребляется только в единственном числе): the object of the exercise — цель ( любого) действия His object was to gain time until help could arrive. — У него была одна цель — выиграть время, пока не придет помощь. The object of the research is to find a cure for this illness. — Цель этого исследования — найти средство от этой болезни. In this game the object is to score as many points as you can in the time given. — Цель этой игры — набрать как можно больше очков в заданное время.
    5. objective — цель, задача, стремление (конечный результат, на который направлена вся деятельность; употребляется в основном в ситуациях, связанных с бизнесом и политикой): key objective — основная цель; primary/prime/principal objective — основная цель/важная цель; overriding objective — первостепенная цель/ приоритетная цель; ultimate objective — конечная цель; to accomplish/to achieve/to attain an objective — достигать цели; to fulfill/to meet/to reach one's objectives — выполнить задуманное/выполнить за планированное/ довести задуманное до конца/достигнуть цели I am not sure I understand the objective of this exercise. — Я не совсем понимаю цель этой деятельности. The main objective for unions should still be to safeguard the wages and conditions of their members. — Основной целью профсоюзов должны оставаться недопущение понижения зарплаты и ухудшения условий труда. One of the objectives behind the current advertising compaign is to increase sales overseas. — Одна из целей проводимой рекламной кампании — увеличение продаж за рубежом. This company is constantly failing to achieve its objectives. — Эта фирма почти никогда не добивается своих целей.
    6. goal — цель, задачи, планы, стремления, перспективы на будущее ( обозначает планы — личные или общественные — как ориентир для дальнейшего развития, даже если на достижение их потребуется длительный период): definite (ultimate, desired, stimulating) goal — четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) планы/четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) задачи/четкие (конечные, желаемые, стимулирующие/придающие мотивированность деятельности) цели; veiled (vague, illusory, mysterious) goal — неясные (туманные, иллюзорные, загадочные) цели/иеясные (туманные, иллюзорные, загадочные) перспективы; luminous (glittering, common, traditional, selfsame) goal — сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) цели/сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) планы/сияющие (манящие, обычные, общепринятые, неизменные) задачи; to achieve/to attain (to cherish, to gain, to realize) goal (s) — достигать (лелеять, добиваться, реализовать/воплощать) цели Our goal is to provide a good standard of medical care. — Наша цель — добиваться высокого уровня медицинского обслуживания. You should set goals for yourself at the beginning of each school year. — Ежегодно в начале учебного года следует ставить перед собой цели на этот год./Ежегодно в начале учебного года следует продумывать, чего ты хотел бы достичь в предстоящем году. More motivation can be created if the children have definite goals toward which they can work. — Если перед детьми стоят ясные цели, их работа может быть более мотивированной./Если перед детьми стоят ясные цели, их работа может быть более осмысленной. Our goal is to radically reduce unemployment within five years. — Наша цель — радикально сократить уровень безработицы в течение следующих пяти лет./Наша задача — радикально сократить уровень безработицы в ближайшие пять лет.
    7. end — конечная цель (в данном значении end употребляется только во множественном числе, предполагает корыстные устремления/ цели/интересы, часто нечестные средства их достижения): selfish (personal, sordid/dirty, petty, shameful, disastrous) ends — эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) цели/эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) интересы/эгоистические (личные, грязные, низменные, постыдные, губительные) устремления; political (commercial) ends — политические (коммерческие/торговые) соображения/политические (коммерческие/торговые) цели The demonstrators' ends do not justify their means. — Цели демонстрантов не оправдывают используемые ими средства. Racial tension in the country is exaggerated for political ends. — Напряженность расовых отношений в стране преувеличивается в политических целях./Напряженность расовых отношений в стране раздувается в политических целях. She used people for her own ends. — Она пользовалась людьми в своих корыстных целях. Business manipulates political issues for commercial ends. — Бизнес тенденциозно манипулирует политическими вопросами для достижении своих коммерческих целей.
    8. point — цель, задача, смысл (в данном значении используется только в единственном числе; употребляется для разъяснения стоящих задач, смысла деятельности): crucial (focal, fundamenial, important, key, main) point — решающая (центральная, основная, ключевая, важная, приоритетная) цель (чего-либо); to illustrate one's point — пояснять свои цели/проиллюстрировать смысл своей деятельности; to prove one's point —доказывать смысл своей деятельности/доказывать цель своей деятельности The point of these events is to raise money for children in need. — Цель этих действий — собрать деньги для нуждающихся детей. What's the point in keeping all these clothes that the children have grown out of? — Какой толк хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/Какой смысл хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/Зачем хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли?/ С какой целью хранить всю эту одежду, из которой дети давно выросли? I'm sorry, I just don't see the point of doing this. — Простите, но я не понимаю, зачем надо это делать./Простите, но я не вижу смысла, зачем надо это делать. I see no point discussing this any further. — Я не вижу смысла обсуждать дальше этот вопрос/Бесцельно обсуждать дальше этот вопрос./Бессмысленно обсуждать дальше этот вопрос. What's the point? — Зачем?/С какой целью? цивилизованный — civilized — см. культурный(о стране или обществе)

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > цель

  • 14 добиваться

    1) General subject: aim, amount (чего-л.), angle (for) (чего-л. - обыкн. нечестными путями, интригами), canvass, carry (to carry one's point - отстоять свою позицию, добиться своего), cause, conquer (своей цели), contest (премии, места в парламенте и т. п.), court, debate, dispute (победы), exact, fetch, grope, have, hold out, hunt for, insist (чего-л.), instate, labor (he labored to understand what they were talking about - он прилагал усилия, чтобы понять, о чем они говорили), labour (he laboured to understand what they were talking about - он прилагал усилия, чтобы понять, о чем они говорили), obtain, outbluster, press, press for (чего-либо), reach, reach out (for; чего-л.), secure, seek, shill (for; заказа, приглашения), to be abear for punishment, try, try for, woo, work up, achieve, attain, find out, follow up, gain, peg away, strive for, cry for (чего-л.), seek after (чего-л.), seek for (чего-л.), strain after (чего-л.), struggle (for something), aspire (to), work for, push for, (успеха) make it
    2) Naval: tackle
    3) Colloquial: drive at (чего-л.), go for (чего-л.)
    4) Poetical language: ensue
    5) Engineering: pursue
    6) Rare: seek out
    7) Mathematics: try to get
    8) Law: contest (выборного места), mediate, procure
    9) Economy: chalk up
    10) Diplomatic term: get
    11) Business: aim at, claim, compel, endeavour, insist, solicit, succeed, work out
    12) Makarov: bid, elicit (результата), endeavor, find, go for (smth.) (чего-л.), land (чего-л.), make shift (чего-л.), secure (чего-л.), win, carve out (для себя), come at (чего-л.)
    13) Taboo: wangle

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > добиваться

  • 15 догонять

    1) General subject: be overtaking, catch, catch up with, chevy, draw upon (кого-л.), drive, gather on (судно), hurry after (кого-л.), overhaul, overtake, pursue, run down, try to catch up, run for
    2) Naval: gain on
    3) American: pile (кого-л.)
    5) Diplomatic term: overtake (напр., по объёму производства)
    6) Makarov: catch up, draw upon (кого-л.), come up (об уходящем)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > догонять

  • 16 развивать

    1) General subject: amplify (мысль), bring along, cultivate, develop, educate, educe, elaborate, elevate, evolve, exercise, exert, expand, explicate (мысль), expound (теорию, точки зрения), follow, form, roll out, uncurl (о локонах), untwist, unwind (о сюжете), set up (теорию), gain (speeds of...), accelerate (to speeds of...)
    2) Geology: develop (добычу, мощность)
    3) Naval: exploit (успех), work up
    4) Medicine: progress
    5) Engineering: build up, generate
    6) Rare: culture, inform (ум и т.п.)
    7) Mathematics: explicate
    8) General subject: (политику, подход) pursue
    9) Law: vend (мысль)
    10) Automobile industry: develop (мощность)
    11) Diplomatic term: amplify (мысль и т.п.), expound (on) (теорию, точку зрения)
    13) Makarov: advance, develop (мощность, скорость и т.п.), modernize, nurse, push, set (мускулатуру), set out (участок), till (знания, ум), update, expand into, follow up

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > развивать

  • 17 Taktik

    f; -, -en tactics Pl. (auch V. im Sg.) eine verfehlte Taktik bad tactics, an inappropriate course of action; die Taktik ändern change (one’s) tactics
    * * *
    die Taktik
    tactics; tactic
    * * *
    Tạk|tik ['taktɪk]
    f -, -en
    tactics pl

    eine Taktik — tactics pl, a tactical approach

    man muss mit Taktik vorgehen —

    * * *
    ((sometimes in singular) the art of arranging troops, warships etc during a battle, in order to win or gain an advantage over one's opponents: They planned their tactics for the election/game/meeting.) tactics
    * * *
    Tak·tik
    <-, -en>
    [ˈtaktɪk]
    f tactics pl
    [mit etw dat] eine bestimmte \Taktik verfolgen to pursue certain tactics [with sth]
    wir müssen herausbekommen, welche \Taktik die Konkurrenz verfolgt we must find out what tactics our competitors are pursuing
    * * *
    die; Taktik, Taktiken

    [eine] Taktik — tactics pl

    * * *
    Taktik f; -, -en tactics pl (auch v im sg);
    eine verfehlte Taktik bad tactics, an inappropriate course of action;
    die Taktik ändern change (one’s) tactics
    * * *
    die; Taktik, Taktiken

    [eine] Taktik — tactics pl

    * * *
    -en f.
    policy n.
    tactic n.
    tactics n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Taktik

  • 18 цель

    ж.
    1. aim, goal, object, end, purpose; воен. objective

    с целью (рд., + инф.) — with / for the purpose (of ger.), with the object (of ger.); ( умышленно) purposely, on purpose

    в целях (рд.) — with a view (+ to inf.)

    с единственной целью (рд., + инф.) — with / for the sole / single purpose (of ger.)

    иметь целью (вн., + инф.) — have for an object (d., + to inf.)

    преследовать цель — pursue one's object / aim, have as its object

    ставить себе целью (вн., + инф.) — set* oneself as an object (d.)

    достичь цели — achieve / gain / attain one's object / end; secure one's object

    задаваться целью (+ инф.) — aim (at ger.)

    2. ( мишень) target, mark

    попасть в цель (прям. и перен.) — hit* the mark; hit* the bull's eye

    не попасть в цель (прям. и перен.) — miss the mark

    удар попал в цель (прям. и перен.) — the blow went home

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > цель

  • 19 apīscor

        apīscor aptus, ī    [AP-], to reach, attain to, get, gain: deorum vitam, T.: maris apiscendi causa: spes apiscendi summi honoris, L.
    * * *
    apisci, aptus sum V DEP
    reach, obtain, win (lawsuit); grasp; catch (person); attack (infection); pursue

    Latin-English dictionary > apīscor

  • 20 adsequor

    adsequi, adsecutus sum V DEP
    follow on, pursue, go after; overtake; gain, achieve; equal, rival; understand

    Latin-English dictionary > adsequor

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