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before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In order to be fit, you've gotta train hard every day.
- She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لِكَي
(li-kay)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
لِ
(li)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
حَتَّى
(ḥattā)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
علشان
(ʕalašān)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
عشان
(ʕašān)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
باش
(bāš)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
حتّى
(ḥatta)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
لـ
(la-)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
عشان
(ʕašan)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Arabic:
منشان
(minšān)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Armenian:
որպեսզի
(orpeszi)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Armenian:
որ
(or)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Belarusian:
каб
(kab)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Bulgarian:
за да
(za da)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Burmese:
ဖို့
(hpui.)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Carpathian Rusyn:
же́бы
(žébŷ)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Catalan:
per tal
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Chinese Mandarin:
為了 /为了
(wèile)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Chinese Mandarin:
以便
(yǐbiàn)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Chinese Mandarin:
用以
(yòngyǐ)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Czech:
aby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Danish:
for at
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Dutch:
om
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Dutch:
ten einde
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Esperanto:
por
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Estonian:
et
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Finnish:
jotta
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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French:
pour
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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French:
afin de
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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French:
pour que
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Galician:
para
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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German:
um zu
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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German:
damit
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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German:
behufs
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Greek:
για να
(gia na)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Ancient Greek:
ἵνα
(hína)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Mbya Guarani:
aguã
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Hebrew:
על מנת
('al menát)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Hebrew:
כְּדֵי
(k'dei)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Hindi:
ताकि
(tāki)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Hungarian:
hogy
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Hungarian:
azért, hogy
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Icelandic:
til þess að
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Ingrian:
jot
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Ingrian:
etti
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Ingrian:
jet
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Irish:
chun
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Irish:
le
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Irish:
d'fhonn
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Italian:
per
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Italian:
al fine di
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Japanese:
...ために
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Japanese:
...手段として
(...shudan to shite)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Japanese:
ように
(...yō-ni)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Khmer:
ដើម្បី
(daəmbəy)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Korean:
... 하기 위하여
(... hagi wihayeo)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Northern Kurdish:
daku
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Northern Kurdish:
bo ku
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Latin:
ut
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Lower Tanana:
dexoda
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Macedonian:
за да
(za da)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Macedonian:
како би
(kako bi)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Norwegian Bokmål:
for å
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
for å
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Persian:
به منظور
(be manzur)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Persian:
تا
(tâ)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
żeby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
aby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
by
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
coby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
w celu
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Polish:
ażeby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Portuguese:
a fim de que
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Romanian:
pentru a
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Romanian:
ca să
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Russian:
что́бы
(štóby)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Russian:
чтоб
(štob)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Russian:
да́бы
(dáby)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Scottish Gaelic:
air chor 's gu
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Scottish Gaelic:
gus
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Scottish Gaelic:
los
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
како би
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
да би
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
што би
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
kako bi
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
da bi
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Serbo-Croatian:
što bi
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Slovak:
aby
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Slovene:
da bi
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Spanish:
a fin de
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Spanish:
para
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Spanish:
para poder
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Swedish:
för att
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Tamil:
பொருட்டு
(poruṭṭu)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Thai:
เพื่อที่จะ
(pʉ̂ʉa tîi jà)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Thai:
เพื่อ
(pʉ̂ʉa)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Ukrainian:
щоб
(ščob)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Urdu:
تاکی
(tāki)
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
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Vietnamese:
để
— as a means of achieving the specified aim
