Finalidad in english
Purpose
pronunciation: pɜrpəs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: pɜrpəs part of speech: noun
In gestures
finalidad = aim ; sense of purpose ; purpose ; objective ; goal ; end ; sense of direction.
Example: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.Example: This article argues that those in leadership roles bear a special responsibility for creating a sense of purpose in the organisation.Example: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.Example: 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.Example: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.Example: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.Example: The important thing, however, is how to stop feeling miserable and regaining your unshakeable sense of direction.more:
» con la finalidad de = in order to ; in order that ; in the attempt to ; in an attempt to ; in an effort to ; aimed at ; with the purpose of ; in a bid to/for ; with the aim of ; in the drive to ; in a drive to ; in a move to ; with an aim to .
Example: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective. Example: In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first. Example: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme. Example: The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity. Example: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back. Example: In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson initiated the 'Neighborhood Pilot Centres' programme aimed at providing a neighbourhood centre to co-ordinate the programmes of other federal agencies in every urban ghetto. Example: Many libraries were visited with the purpose of understanding the structure and management of library services to children in that country = Se visitaron muchas bibliotecas con objeto de de conocer la organización y gestión de los servicios bibliotecarios para niños en este país. Example: In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures. Example: A wide area network with the aim of connecting all Arab Gulf countries in the near future. Example: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets. Example: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service. Example: In a move to cut costs, Mayor Tavares has proposed slashing, but not eliminating, funds to two bus programs that serve the elderly. Example: The four of us, mum, dad and two kids, set off from Melbourne, Australia, in April 2008 with an aim to drive around the world.» con una doble finalidad = dual-purpose .
Example: In the 18th century, Hackneys were mainly used as dual-purpose nags by farmers, who greatly valued them for their courage, soundness and endurance.» para todo tipo de finalidades = for all manner of purposes .
Example: The Bible has been used for all manner of purposes throught history, including justifying war crimes, slavery, opression of women, burning/executing witches and heretics, etc.» sin finalidad = purposeless .
Example: Nor are these training periods held in a purposeless vacuum.» ver la finalidad = see + the point .
Example: I can't see the point of telephone books in this day and age.