English Explanatory Dictionary

for all intents and purposes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect

Word forms

for all intents and purposes to all intents and purposes eggcorns intensive intrinsic intense intense and intended

Etymology

From the 16ᵗʰ century English-law phrase “to all intents, constructions, and purposes”, which is found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547.

Synonyms

practically for all practical purposes in practice effectively essentially in essence in effect virtually
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