For all intents and purposes

prep_phrase

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in every practical sense wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect

    "For all intents and purposes, the case is closed."

Etymology

From the 16ᵗʰ century English-law phrase “to all intents, constructions, and purposes”, which is found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547.

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