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As an absolute imperative; sparing no effort or expense
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- We have to retain the majority at all costs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: at any cost, at any risk, at all risks, by any means, no matter what, for any sake, for any sakes
Antonyms: none provided
regardless of the cost involved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he wanted to save her life at all cost
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: at any cost, at any expense
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بِأَيِّ ثَمَنٍ
(biʔayyi ṯamanin)
— sparing no effort
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Azerbaijani:
nə olar olsun
— sparing no effort
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Azerbaijani:
nəyin bahasına olursa-olsun
— sparing no effort
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Breton:
kousto pe gousto
— sparing no effort
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Bulgarian:
на всяка цена
(na vsjaka cena)
— sparing no effort
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Catalan:
a tot preu
— sparing no effort
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Catalan:
costi el que costi
— sparing no effort
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Chinese Mandarin:
無論如何 /无论如何
(wúlùnrúhé)
— sparing no effort
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Chinese Mandarin:
不惜一切代價 /不惜一切代价
(bùxī yīqiè dàijià)
— sparing no effort
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Czech:
za každou cenu
— sparing no effort
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Danish:
for enhver pris
— sparing no effort
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Dutch:
koste wat kost
— sparing no effort
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Dutch:
coûte que coûte
— sparing no effort
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Dutch:
tegen elke prijs
— sparing no effort
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Esperanto:
ĉiakoste
— sparing no effort
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Finnish:
maksoi mitä maksoi
— sparing no effort
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Finnish:
hinnalla millä hyvänsä
— sparing no effort
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French:
à tout prix
— sparing no effort
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French:
coûte que coûte
— sparing no effort
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Georgian:
მნიშვნელობა
(mnišvneloba)
— sparing no effort
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German:
um jeden Preis
— sparing no effort
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German:
koste es, was es wolle
— sparing no effort
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German:
was es auch koste
— sparing no effort
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Greek:
πάση θυσία
(pási thysía)
— sparing no effort
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Greek:
με κάθε κόστος
(me káthe kóstos)
— sparing no effort
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Hungarian:
bármi áron
— sparing no effort
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Irish:
cóir máireach
— sparing no effort
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Italian:
a ogni costo
— sparing no effort
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Italian:
ad ogni costo
— sparing no effort
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Italian:
a tutti i costi
— sparing no effort
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Japanese:
万難を排して
(bannan o hai shite)
— sparing no effort
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Japanese:
何が何でも
(nani ga nan demo)
— sparing no effort
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Northern Kurdish:
çawa be jî
— sparing no effort
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Northern Kurdish:
bi çi awayî be jî
— sparing no effort
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Latvian:
par katru cenu
— sparing no effort
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Persian:
به هر قیمتی که شده
(be har qeymati ke šode)
— sparing no effort
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Persian:
به هر قیمتی
(be har qeymati)
— sparing no effort
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Polish:
za wszelką cenę
— sparing no effort
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Portuguese:
custe o que custar
— sparing no effort
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Portuguese:
a todo custo
— sparing no effort
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Romanian:
cu orice preț
— sparing no effort
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Russian:
любо́й цено́й
(ljubój cenój)
— sparing no effort
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Russian:
во что́ бы то ни ста́ло
(vo štó by to ni stálo)
— sparing no effort
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Scottish Gaelic:
air a h-uile cor
— sparing no effort
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Serbo-Croatian:
под сваку цену
— sparing no effort
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Serbo-Croatian:
под сваку цијену
— sparing no effort
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Serbo-Croatian:
pod svaku cenu
— sparing no effort
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Serbo-Croatian:
pod svaku cijenu
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
a cualquier precio
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
a toda costa
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
cueste lo que cueste
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
costase / costara lo que costase / costara
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
costare lo que costare
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
no importa el costo / coste
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
sin importar el costo / coste
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
a todo trance
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
a rajatabla
— sparing no effort
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Spanish:
a ultranza
— sparing no effort
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Swedish:
till varje pris
— sparing no effort
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Swedish:
kosta vad det kosta vill
— sparing no effort
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Ukrainian:
за будь-яку́ ціну́
(za budʹ-jakú cinú)
— sparing no effort
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Ukrainian:
за вся́ку ціну́
(za vsjáku cinú)
— sparing no effort
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Vietnamese:
bằng mọi giá
— sparing no effort