"a fin de" meaning in Spanish

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    "a"
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  "lang": "Spanish",
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          "english": "In order to improve his health, he began exercising regularly.",
          "text": "A fin de mejorar su salud, comenzó a hacer ejercicio regularmente.",
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          "english": "Iron and steel foundries use them, likewise, to carburize steel and wash molds in order to give a softer and more uniform finish to molten steel objects.",
          "ref": "1959, Visión:",
          "text": "Las fundiciones siderúrgicas lo usan, igualmente, para carburizar el acero y para lavar los moldes a fin de dar un acabado más suave y uniforme a los artículos de acero fundido.",
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        "in order to, so as to"
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          "so as to",
          "so as to"
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        {
          "word": "a fin de que"
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        {
          "word": "con objeto de"
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          "word": "para"
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    {
      "ipa": "/a ˈfin de/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[a ˈfĩn̪ d̪e]"
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  "word": "a fin de"
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    "a"
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      "word": "a fin de que"
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          "text": "A fin de mejorar su salud, comenzó a hacer ejercicio regularmente.",
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          "english": "Iron and steel foundries use them, likewise, to carburize steel and wash molds in order to give a softer and more uniform finish to molten steel objects.",
          "ref": "1959, Visión:",
          "text": "Las fundiciones siderúrgicas lo usan, igualmente, para carburizar el acero y para lavar los moldes a fin de dar un acabado más suave y uniforme a los artículos de acero fundido.",
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        "in order to, so as to"
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        {
          "word": "con objeto de"
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        {
          "word": "para"
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      "ipa": "/a ˈfin de/"
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      "ipa": "[a ˈfĩn̪ d̪e]"
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