in order to
in order to conjunction: before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.
Conjunction
in order to
- before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.
- In order to be fit, you've gotta train hard every day.
- Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early.1957 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 568
in order to meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
in order to in Hindi
- as a means of achieving the specified aim
- ताकि tāki
in order to in Tamil
- as a means of achieving the specified aim
- பொருட்டு poruṭṭu
in order to in Marathi
- in order to
- करिता karitā
in order to in Urdu
- as a means of achieving the specified aim
- تاکی tāki
More languagesFewer languages
- in order to in Nepali
- लागि lāgi
- in order to in Arabic
- لِكَي li-kay, لِ li, حَتَّى ḥattā
- in order to in Persian
- به منظور be manzur, تا tâ, که ke
- in order to in Thai
- เพื่อที่จะ pʉ̂ʉa tîi jà, เพื่อ pʉ̂ʉa
- in order to in Vietnamese
- để
- in order to in Myanmar
- ဖို့ hpui.
Examples of in order to in a sentence
- She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
- State law requires a name change applicant to publish notice of the potential name change, in order to alert the public in case anyone wants to contest the action.2011, Lisa Sedano, How to Change Your Name in California, page 97:
Synonyms of in order to
Questions about in order to
- What does in order to mean?
- In order to means before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.
- What is in order to in Hindi?
- In order to in Hindi is ताकि (tāki). See In order to meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use in order to in a sentence?
- She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
- What part of speech is in order to?
- In order to is a conjunction.
Words near in order to in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: in order to (page history and authors); करिता (Marathi) (page history and authors); लागि (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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