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scop
purpose, goal /skop/
noun#1036 most common
Also: aim, objective, intent
Example sentences
Scopul meu e simplu.
My goal is simple.
Care este scopul acestei întâlniri?
What is the purpose of this meeting?
Am venit aici cu un scop clar.
I came here with a clear purpose.
Ea lucrează cu un singur scop: să reușească.
She works toward a single goal: to succeed.
Organizația nonguvernamentală a fost înființată în scopul protejării mediului înconjurător.
The NGO was founded for the purpose of protecting the environment.
Se spune adesea că scopul scuză mijloacele, însă această idee rămâne una dintre cele mai controversate din filozofia morală.
It is often said that the end justifies the means, but this idea remains one of the most controversial in moral philosophy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scop | scopuri |
| Genitive | scopului | scopurilor |
| Accusative | scop | scopuri |
| Vocative | scop | scopuri |
Word family
scopuripurposes, goals
în scopulfor the purpose of
fără scopaimless, pointless
cu scopul de awith the aim of (doing something)
Etymology
Romanian "scop" entered the language as a 19th-century learned borrowing, most likely through Italian "scopo" or French, during the wave of Latinate and Western re-modernization of Romanian vocabulary. Its ultimate source is Greek "σκοπός" (skopós), meaning a watcher or a target one aims at. That Greek word also underlies English "scope" and "telescope", so "scop" and "scope" are true cousins across languages.
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