"in order that" meaning in English

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Conjunction

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  1. So that; used to indicate purpose Related terms: in order to Translations (so that): ἵνα (hína) (Ancient Greek), 以便 (yǐbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), aby (Czech), opdat (Dutch), jotta (Finnish), niin että (Finnish), afin que (note: followed by the subjunctive) (French), pour que (note: followed by the subjunctive) (French), damit (German), sodass (German), um ... zu (German), auf dass [archaic] (German), hogy (Hungarian), azért, hogy (Hungarian), jot (Ingrian), jos (Ingrian), eik (Ingrian), i riocht is go (Irish), sa chaoi go (Irish), ionas go (Irish), ために (english: tame ni) (Japanese), ut (Latin), daut (Plautdietsch), żeby (Polish), para que (Portuguese), что́бы (štóby) (Russian), чтоб (štob) (Russian), да́бы (dáby) [archaic, poetic] (Russian), de manera que (Spanish), så att (Swedish)
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "so that",
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          "code": "ga",
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