"to this end" meaning in English

See to this end in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} to this end, {{en-PP}} to this end
  1. To achieve the previously specified goal. Translations (achieve the previously specified goal): 為此 (Chinese Mandarin), 为此 (wèicǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tässä tarkoituksessa (Finnish), dans ce but (French), pour ce faire (French), à cette fin (French), hierzu (German), a tal fine (Italian), ad hoc (Latin), para tanto (Portuguese), para tal (Portuguese), ради этого (radi etovo) (Russian), для этого (dlja etovo) (Russian), bu amaçla (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-to_this_end-en-prep_phrase-f3sLRKTy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Download JSON data for to this end meaning in English (2.4kB)

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        {
          "text": "To this end, I have started the \"Save the Penguins Fund.\""
        }
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "為此"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wèicǐ",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "为此"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "tässä tarkoituksessa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "dans ce but"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "pour ce faire"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "à cette fin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "hierzu"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "a tal fine"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "para tanto"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "para tal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "radi etovo",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "ради этого"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dlja etovo",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "для этого"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
          "word": "bu amaçla"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "to this end"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "為此"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wèicǐ",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "为此"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "tässä tarkoituksessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "dans ce but"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "pour ce faire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "à cette fin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "hierzu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "a tal fine"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "para tanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "para tal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "radi etovo",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "ради этого"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dlja etovo",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "для этого"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "achieve the previously specified goal",
      "word": "bu amaçla"
    }
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  "word": "to this end"
}

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