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to this end

to this end prepositional phrase: to achieve the previously specified goal.

Prepositional phrase

  1. To achieve the previously specified goal.
    • To this end, I have started the "Save the Penguins Fund."

Questions about to this end

What does to this end mean?
To this end means to achieve the previously specified goal.
What part of speech is to this end?
To this end is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to this end in the dictionary

  1. to the wide
  2. to thine own self be true
  3. to think that
  4. to this day
  5. to this effect
  6. to this end
  7. to those it may concern
  8. to time
  9. to top it off
  10. to wake the dead
  11. to what do I owe the pleasure

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