00177448-n 'a means to an end';
 
English expedient
Indonesian usaha
Italian ritrovato , espediente , ripiego , escamotage
Japanese 方便 , 方途 , , 捷径 , 便法
Malaysian usaha
Definitions
Japanese
目的への手段
必ずしも主義や倫理に基づいたものとは限らない
English
a means to an end
not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Relations
Hyponym: crutch improvisation makeshift pis_aller
Hypernym: means
Semantic Field: actn
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TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.001; Future: 0.527)

SentiWN: (+0.25 -0.50) MLSentiCon: (+0.25 -0.25)


Langs:

Seen Lemmas: tailor-make;
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