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TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does to all intents and purposes mean?
• TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES (adverb)
The adverb TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In every practical sense
Synonyms:
for all intents and purposes; for all practical purposes; to all intents and purposes
Context example:
the rest are for all practical purposes useless
Context examples
Certainly, there can be no difference; for Robert will now to all intents and purposes be considered as the eldest son;—and as to any thing else, they are both very agreeable young men: I do not know that one is superior to the other.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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