for all intents and purposes

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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.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: in de praktijk — for every functional purpose
• Finnish: käytännössä — for every functional purpose
• German: im Grunde — for every functional purpose
• Hebrew: לכל דבר — for every functional purpose
• Hebrew: לכל דבר ועניין (lekhól davár ve'inyán) — for every functional purpose
• Hungarian: alapjában véve — for every functional purpose
• Icelandic: að stofni til — for every functional purpose
• Irish: is geall le — for every functional purpose
• Italian: a tutti gli effetti — for every functional purpose
• Latin: effectū — for every functional purpose
• Polish: na dobrą sprawę — for every functional purpose
• Portuguese: para todos os efeitos — for every functional purpose
• Spanish: a todos los efectos — for every functional purpose
• Swedish: i grund och botten — for every functional purpose