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for all in·tents and pur·pos·es
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Princeton's WordNet
for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, for all intents and purposesadverb
in every practical sense
"to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"
Wiktionary
for all intents and purposesadverb
For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.
Etymology: 1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).
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for all intents and purposes
"For all intents and purposes" is an idiom used to convey that in practice or in effect, if not formally acknowledged, a situation is essentially or practically the same as if the literal truth were stated. It means in nearly all important aspects, circumstances or considerations.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of for all intents and purposes in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of for all intents and purposes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of for all intents and purposes in a Sentence
For all intents and purposes, I am a woman.
Canada is, for all intents and purposes, one of the best places you can explore.
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.
The markets have been yearning for a period of political stability in Turkey for quite some time now. To all intents and purposes this is the best result that the markets could expect.
A gilded cage is still a cage, there are locks on the doors, there is no freedom of movement. It is for all intents and purposes a prison.
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