virtually; practically speaking. (Sometimes this expression has very little meaning. Fixed order.) • He entered the room, looking for all intents and purposes as if he would burst into song. • She said that for all intents and purposes she had completed her assignment.
To all intents and purposes
This means in all the most important ways.
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adv. phr. In most ways; in fact. The president is called the head of state, but the prime minister, to all intents and purposes, is the chief executive.
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