purposes in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for purposes in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

Show summary of all matches

cross-purposes [Brit ˌkrɒsˈpəːpəsɪz, Am ˌkrɔsˈpərpəsəz] N npl

tax purposes [ˈtæksˌpɜːpəsɪz] N npl

I.purpose [Brit ˈpəːpəs, Am ˈpərpəs] N

1. purpose (aim):

purpose
scopo m
purpose
fine m
purpose
intenzione f
purpose
proposito m
for the purpose of doing
con il proposito or lo scopo di fare
what was his purpose in coming?
per quale scopo è venuto?
to have a purpose in life
avere uno scopo nella vita
for cooking, business purposes
per cucinare, per gli affari
for our purposes, we can assume that…
per i nostri scopi, possiamo supporre che…
for the purposes of this book, I shall confine myself to the 18th century
dati gli scopi di questo libro, mi limiterò al XVIII secolo
for all practical purposes
a tutti gli effetti or in pratica or praticamente
purpose unknown
uso sconosciuto
this knife will serve the purpose
questo coltello andrà bene or farà al caso nostro
this bag is large enough for the purpose
questa borsa è grande quanto serve
put it in the bin provided for the purpose
mettetelo nel bidone fornito allo scopo
to some or good purpose
non invano or con qualche risultato
to no purpose
invano or con nessun risultato
to the purpose form
a proposito or all'uopo
not to the purpose form
non a proposito

II.purpose [Brit ˈpəːpəs, Am ˈpərpəs] VB trans arch

View verb table

English for Special Purposes [ˈɪŋɡlɪʃfəˌspeʃlˌpɜːpəsɪz] N

general-purpose [Brit dʒɛn(ə)r(ə)lˈpəːpəs, Am ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl ˈpərpəs] ADJ

purpose-built [Brit ˌpəːpəsˈbɪlt, Am ˈpərpəs ˌbɪlt] ADJ Brit

purpose-made [Am ˌpərpəsˈmeɪd] ADJ Brit

dual-purpose [Brit ˌdjuːlˈpəːpəs, Am ˈˌd(j)uəl ˈpərpəs] ADJ

all-purpose [Brit, Am ˌɔlˈpərpəs] ADJ

Translations for purposes in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
a titolo illustrativo
for illustrative purposes

purposes in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for purposes in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

Show summary of all matches

all-purpose [ɔ:l·ˈpɜ:r·pəs] ADJ

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
for educational purposes
a fini educativi

Translations for purposes in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

Show summary of all matches

purposes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I did that for a purpose
l'ho fatto per un preciso scopo
for practical purposes
per motivi pratici
for humanitarian purposes
a scopi umanitari
for future purposes
per esigenze future
to have a purpose in life
avere un obiettivo nella vita
for educational purposes
a fini educativi
to all intents and purposes
a tutti gli effetti
to be talking at cross-purposes
fraintendersi
for the purposes of economy
per ragioni economiche
I didn't do it on purpose
non l'ho fatto apposta

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
When electricity is generated, the heat that is produced as a by-product can be captured and used for process steam, heating or other industrial purposes.
en.wikipedia.org
The test for legal advice privilege is to establish whether the communication in question was made confidentially for the purpose of legal advice construing such purposes broadly.
en.wikipedia.org
The short-term radon test kits used for screening purposes are inexpensive, in many cases free.
en.wikipedia.org
Originally, it was widely used both for literary and official purposes, though seldom in daily language.
en.wikipedia.org
Most manufacturers tune for optimum emissions (running rich to protect the catalytic converter) and fuel economy purposes which can limit performance.
en.wikipedia.org
The airport in uncontrolled, and is used for general aviation purposes.
en.wikipedia.org
Located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by a vast wilderness, its geographic location is ideal for many of these purposes.
en.wikipedia.org
In the second half of the 19th century, steam was harnessed to laundry purposes and commercial laundries used steam-powered mangles or ironers.
en.wikipedia.org
There had been a demand to make it operational for commercial purposes in the 1990s and again in the 2000s.
en.wikipedia.org
Importing countries were required to issue certificates approving the importation, stating that the shipment was to be used exclusively for medical or scientific purposes.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "purposes" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | български | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular