Usage of "means to an end"

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Means by which an item performs a function.

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Quality of an item being valued as a means to an end rather than in itself.

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Использование термина means to an end на английском

In truth, these various practices are just the means to an end. 
 Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 

She'd always seen men as... well, as a means to an end. 
 Starstruck 

He didn't understand that he was just a means to an end. 
 Hex and the city 

The technology is a facilitator, an enabler, a means to an end. 
 Forbes 

Austerity is a means to an end, not an end in itself. 
 The Irish Times 

IT is a means to an end, not an end in itself. 
 The Guardian 

Scheduling is a means to an end, not an end in itself. 
 The Irish Times 

We climb too, but climbing is just a means to an end. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

The railroad and the ships were only a means to an end. 
 Random Reminiscences of Men and Events 

To him, they were nothing more than a means to an end. 
 The story of edgar sawtelle 

For Ian, she was a means to an end, that was all. 
 Gingham bride 

But, in the broadest sense, industry is a means to an end. 
 Human Traits and their Social Significance 

The abduction of Miss Cresswell is merely a means to an end. 
 The Green Rust 

Both derived free attention and forced attention are means to an end. 
 How to Teach 

For his study of himself is only a means to an end. 
 Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel 

Invaluable as is knowledge, it is as a means to an end. 
 The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible 

Translations for means to an end

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Значения термина means to an end на английском