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81H.M.S. Pinafore — Publicité de 1879 pour l opéra comique H.M.S. Pinafore H.M.S. Pinafore ou The Lass that Loved a Sailor (La Fille qui aimait un marin) est un opéra comique en deux actes, dont la musique fut composée par Arthur Sullivan et le livret par William S …
82aim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. purpose, intention, goal, end. v. point, direct; aspire to, try for. See direction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. intention, object, plan; see purpose 1 . See Synonym Study at purpose . • take aim, Syn.… …
83goal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. object, end, aim, ambition; (in games:) finish line, home, cage, goalposts, end zone, basket; field goal, foul. See intention, arrival. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. object, aim, intent, intention; see end… …
84view — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sight; panorama, vista, prospect, scene; inspection, survey; purpose, aim; viewpoint, angle; opinion, belief, notion; appearance, aspect. See visibility. v. t. see; survey, scan; watch, witness;… …
85tariff . — (Roget s Thesaurus II) goal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, point, purpose, view, why. Idioms: end in view, why and wherefore. See PLANNED, PURPOSE …
86purpose — n 1. reason, point, why, why and wherefore; principle, guiding principle, basis, root; idea, plan, design, proposal, scheme; motive, motivation, mainspring, driving force, cause; rationale, explanation, background, meaning; rationalization,… …
87rationale — n theory, account, ground, pretense, pretext, excuse; hypothesis, thesis, exposition; reason, reason why, why and wherefore, explanation, explication, exegesis, interpretation; allegorization, illustration …
88excuse — [n] reason, explanation alibi, apology, cleanup*, cop out*, cover*, cover story*, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, jive*, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, rationalization,… …
89rationale — [n] logic for belief, action account, excuse, explanation, exposition, grounds, hypothesis, justification, motivation, motive, philosophy, principle, raison d’être, rationalization, reason, reasons, song and dance*, sour grapes*, story*, the big… …
90motive — n. 1. Inducement, incentive, impulse, incitement, stimulus, spur, prompting, influence, reason, ground, consideration, cause, occasion, prime mover, why and wherefore. 2. (Mus.) Theme, subject, melody, motivo …
