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Meaning of "to all intents and purposes" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES

to a degree
to a fault
to a frazzle
to a man
to a nicety
to a T
to a turn
to account
to advantage
to all appearances
to and fro
to arms!
to be a hospital case
to be a one-man show
to be a one-way street
to be a warning shot
to be able to do sth blindfolded
to be as American as apple pie
to be blissfully ignorant of sth
to be brought to bed

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES

a bed of roses
anastomoses
at cross-purposes
cross-purposes
deep-vein thromboses
diagnoses
English for Special Purposes
exostoses
hypotyposes
metamorphoses
Moses
orthoses
parasitoses
prognoses
ring-a-ring-a-roses
stenoses
thromboses
Wars of the Roses
yersinioses
zoonoses

Synonyms and antonyms of to all intents and purposes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «to all intents and purposes» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of to all intents and purposes

Translation of «to all intents and purposes» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of to all intents and purposes to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to all intents and purposes from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to all intents and purposes» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

所有意图和目的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para todos los intentos y propósitos
570 millions of speakers

English

to all intents and purposes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सभी intents और प्रयोजनों के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لجميع النوايا والمقاصد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

для всех намерений и целей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para todos os efeitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সব intents এবং উদ্দেশ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à toutes fins utiles,
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepada semua maksud dan maksud
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu Grunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すべての意図や目的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모든 의도와 목적 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo kabeh tujuan lan tujuan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để tất cả ý nghĩa và mục đích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனைத்து நோக்கம் மற்றும் நோக்கங்களுக்காக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्व हेतू आणि उद्देशांसाठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tüm niyet ve amaçlara
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a tutti gli effetti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

do wszystkich zamiarów i celów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

для всіх намірів і цілей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la toate punctele de vedere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για όλες τις προθέσεις και τους σκοπούς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

te alle praktiese doeleindes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till allt väsentligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til alle praktiske formål
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to all intents and purposes

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES»

The term «to all intents and purposes» is very widely used and occupies the 11.883 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to all intents and purposes

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES»

Discover the use of to all intents and purposes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to all intents and purposes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See forum. for all intents and purposes; to all intents and purposes. These synonymous phrases both mean "for practical purposes." They are about equally common — e.g.: "The legacy should pass to the heirs, devisees, distributees, etc. of ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Purdon's digest: A digest of the laws of Pennsylvania, from ...
and assigns or ever, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as any natural born citizen or citizens may or can do. 8. All purchases of real estate made by emigrants resident within this commonwealth, Purchases of previous to declaring their ...
Pennsylvania, John Purdon, Frederick Charles Brightly, 1857
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Journals of the House of Commons
... her, " or them, and a Copy thereof " shall be delivered in Manner " hereinbefore mentioned, other- " wise such Bill of Sale, or Con- " tract or Agreement for Sale " thereof, shall be utterly null " and void to all Intents and " Purposes whatsoever, ...
Great Britain House of Commons, 1803
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English Law and Equity Reports
Would it not have been part of his personal estate <: to all intents and purposes ? " I think so clearly. If the case had rested upon the clause of the will that it should be considered " to all intents and purposes" as part of his personal estate, and ...
Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith, 1854
5
Reports of cases decided in the High Court of Chancery
The first argument is, that this is a gift of real estate to be sold, and the proceeds of which, it is declared, shall be considered as, to all intents and purposes, part and parcel *of the personal estate. It was very fairly admitted in [*27] the argument, ...
‎1871
6
The Statutes of Illinois: Embracing All of the General Laws ...
... or to the county commissioners' court, or to the governor, or any other person or persons, by whatever form of conveyance, for the use and benefit of any county, shall be good and valid to all intents and purposes, to vest in such county, in fee ...
Illinois, 1866
7
The Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Judicially ...
When an Act says that anything shall be void " to all intents and purposes," the phrase italicised seems little more than an expletive. If a thing is " void," it is empty, — without force. Can a cistern be more than empty, or a body be more than still ?
Frederick Stroud, 1890
8
A Collection of the Public General Statutes, Passed in the ...
or shall be employed by, or act under the Ordnance, at an of His Majesty's Ordnance Establishments at Foreign Stations, sh be to all Intents and Purposes liable to the Provisionsof this Act, and to the same Rules and Articles of War, and the ...
‎1820
9
Acts of the Legislature of Wisconsin: Passed During the ...
... by whatever form of conveyance, for tile use and benefit of any county, shall be good and valid, to- all intents and purposes, to vest in such county, in fee simple, or otherwise, all such right, title, interest, and estate, as the grantor, or grantors, ...
Wisconsin, 1838
10
Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
An older version, to all intents and purposes, is still used and is sometimes shortened, as in to all intents in the Reuters example. The first version of the phrase was published in 1546 in an act of British Parliament that (for all intents and ...
Peter Bengelsdorf

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term to all intents and purposes is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ukraine crisis: Crimea is to all intents and purposes Russian
In reality, Crimea is to all intents and purposes Russian, and is very close to Russian hearts – not least because of the heroic defence of Sevastopol, one of the ... «The Conversation, Mar 14»
2
'To all intents and purposes' Roma title chase over, admits Rudi Garcia
“We're not mathematically out of the race, but to all intents and purposes we are. There's a significant gap,” he told Roma's website after his side dropped 14 ... «The National, Mar 14»

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