but

Sentences
An user
Il
👨
   s'agit   de   son
🔉
   premier but   en   sélection .

This is his first goal in selection.

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An user
Son
🔉
   premier but   avec   son
🔉
   nouveau
🆕
   club   fut   contre   Cherbourg .

His first goal with his new club was against Cherbourg.

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An user
Il
👨
   inscrit   un   but   contre   le  Shakhtar Donetsk  en   Ligue   des   champions .

He scored a goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.

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An user
Le   site   a   pour   but  d’aider  les   internautes   dans   leurs   choix   de   produits   informatiques .

The purpose of the site is to help Internet users in their choices of IT products.

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An user
Zatara  inscrit   son
🔉
   premier but   avec   la   Palestine   lors  d'un  match   contre  l'Irak.

Zatara scored his first goal with Palestine in a match against Iraq.

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An user
La   Fondation   hospitalière  Sainte-Marie  est   une   fondation  d'utilité  publique   à   but   non
🙅
   lucratif .

The Sainte-Marie Hospital Foundation is a non-profit public utility foundation.

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Meaning

🥤
boire

to drink

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Concepts

goal
purpose
aim
intention
objective
target
object
end
🔚
destination
intent
mark
design
subject
butt
idea
💡
finish
motive
plan
point
score
view
expectations
criterion

principal object

consummation
butane
opinion

true aim

addressed to

psyche
bourn
reason
reference
runs
scope

main meaning

be-all and end-all
base
topic
standard
will
yardstick

main object

points made

marks obtained

goalpost
guide
hopes
meaning
gist
Synonyms

objectif
B2
dessein
C2
intention
B1
fin
A1
🔚
cible
B1
objet
B1
destination
B2
idée
A1
💡
finalité
39k
visée
C2
vue
A1
projet
B1
propos
A1
goal
31k
score
C1
sûr
A1
viser
C1
volonté
B1
fins
C1

idée principale

point de mire
attentes
C2
espoirs
C1

objectif principal

objet premier

ce que l’on regarde

sens profond

signification
C1

po

attente
B1
base
A2
butane
cage
B2

cage de but

conception
C1
coussin
C2
effet
A2
esprit
A2
motif
B2
opinion
B2
point
A1
principe
B2
Translations

Ziel
doel
Zweck
scopo
objetivo
Tor
gol
gol
Absicht
propósito
amaç
rete
intenção
gaye
🔚
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/by/
Etymology

Cognate with Old English
butt
In summary

From Middle French but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”); see butt. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from martial training practice. The final /t/ is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related butte.

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