for all intents and purposes
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Alternative forms
- to all intents and purposes (UK)
- sometimes misconstructed as "for all intensive purposes" or "for all intrinsic purposes".
Etymology
1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).
Prepositional phrase
- For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect
- Synonyms: practically, for all practical purposes, in practice
- For all intents and purposes the case is closed.
- This treaty, for all intents and purposes, is no longer viable.
Synonyms
Translations
for every functional purpose
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