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to all intents and purposes

to all intents and purposes prepositional phrase: for every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, idiomatic) For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.
    • To all intents and purposes the case is closed.
    • This treaty is to all intents and purposes no longer viable.

to all intents and purposes meaning in Malayalam

to all intents and purposes in Malayalam

in essence, in effect, effectively
എല്ലാ ഉദ്ദേശ്യലക്ഷ്യങ്ങളിലും, എല്ലാരീതിയിലും, സർവ്വഥാ, ഏതു കൊണ്ടും, എല്ലാപ്രകാരത്തിലും, വാസ്തവത്തിൽ

Synonyms of to all intents and purposes

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Forms of to all intents and purposes

alternative formfor all intents and purposes

Origin of to all intents and purposes

1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).

Questions about to all intents and purposes

What does to all intents and purposes mean?
To all intents and purposes means for every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.
What is to all intents and purposes in Malayalam?
To all intents and purposes in Malayalam is എല്ലാ ഉദ്ദേശ്യലക്ഷ്യങ്ങളിലും, എല്ലാരീതിയിലും, സർവ്വഥാ. See To all intents and purposes meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is to all intents and purposes?
To all intents and purposes is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to all intents and purposes in the dictionary

  1. to a tick
  2. to a tittle
  3. to a turn
  4. to all appearance
  5. to all appearances
  6. to all intents and purposes
  7. to an extent
  8. to and again
  9. to and fro
  10. to and froed
  11. to and froing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to all intents and purposes (page history and authors); to all intents and purposes (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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