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in order to en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end; to.
    • She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.
    • In order to be fit, you've gotta train hard every day.
    • Simple common sense would dictate that the two-year schools, in order to compensate for the relative educational deprivation of their students, would have to spend more money on their college education. 1979, David Nasaw, Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States, page 227:
    • In order to do that, I turn briefly to the ways in which the terms "marked" and "unmarked" are employed in other domains, to determine whether those notions can be extended naturally into the area of discourse. 1995, Matthew S. Dryer, “Frequency and pragmatically unmarked word order”, in Pamela Downing, Michael P. Noonan, editors, Word Order in Discourse, page 109:
    • Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early. 1957 August 14, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 568:
    • State law requires a name change applicant to publish notice of the potential name change, in order to alert the public in case anyone wants to contest the action. 2011, Lisa Sedano, How to Change Your Name in California, page 97:

Relateds

so that · in order · to · in order for · in order that

Synonyms

so as to · for to · to

Translations (101)

fi jotta (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · nb for å (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · gl para (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl ażeby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · es para poder (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ko ... 하기 위하여 (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ary باش (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · gd los (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · arz عشان (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh што би (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh да би (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pt a fim de que (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl coby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fa تا (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh da bi (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · kmr daku (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · cmn 為了 /为了 (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · el για να (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ajp عشان (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · th เพื่อที่จะ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fr afin de (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · de um zu (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl aby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sl da bi (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · th เพื่อ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl by (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ajp لـ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · be каб (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ja ...ために (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · cmn 以便 (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fa که (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh što bi (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ga d'fhonn (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · izh etti (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · arz علشان (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl celem (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · rue же́бы (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ru да́бы (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · mk како би (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · izh jot (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · la ut (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · eo por (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ro ca să (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · is til þess að (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fr pour que (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · km ដើម្បី (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · vi để (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ta பொருட்டு (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh како би (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · de behufs (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ga chun (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · hy որ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sh kako bi (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · taa dexoda (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sv för att (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · de damit (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ga le (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · kmr bo ku (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fr pour (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · mk за да (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · hu azért, hogy (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · nl om (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · hi ताकि (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ar لِ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · grc ἵνα (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl żeby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · pl w celu (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · uk щоб (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · da for at (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · bg за да (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · izh jet (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · it per (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ar لِكَي (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · cmn 用以 (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ro pentru a (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ja ...手段として (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · he כְּדֵי (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · et et (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ur تاکی (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · it al fine di (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · he על מנת (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · cs aby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · sk aby (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ajp منشان (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ru чтоб (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · es a fin de (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ja ように (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · es para (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · nn for å (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ca per tal (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · gd air chor 's gu (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ru что́бы (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · hu hogy (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · hy որպեսզի (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · gun aguã (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · my ဖို့ (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ar حَتَّى (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · nl ten einde (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · fa به منظور (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · ajp حتّى (as a means of achieving the specified aim) · gd gus (as a means of achieving the specified aim)