to that end

prepositional phrase

For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.

“He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening.”

Similar
for that reasonthereforesowhereforeto which endto this endtowards that endfor which purpose

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. conjunctiveformalidiomaticFor that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.

    He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening.

    3 more examples

    We think that the world would be a better place without advertisements. To that end, we are going to remove all of the banners from our website.

    Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone. To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.

    2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

    While his two predecessors had been authoritarians – they knew what they thought on the most contentious matters within Catholicism and imposed that view on the church regardless of dissenters – Francis preferred to work away patiently at building consensus and accommodating a variety of perspectives. To that end, he breathed new life into the system of regular gatherings – or synods – of bishops in Rome to debate pressing matters.

    2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: for that reason, therefore, so, wherefore, to which end, to this end, towards that end, for which purpose

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseFor that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.

Similar
for that reasonthereforesowhereforeto which endto this endtowards that endfor which purposefor that purposefor this purposeto accomplish which
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Translations

Dutch te dien einde
  • te dien eindefor that reason
Finnish sitä varten
  • sitä vartenfor that reason
French à cet effet
  • à cet effetfor that reason
Polish w tym celu
  • w tym celufor that reason
Portuguese para esse fim
  • para esse fimfor that reason
Russian ради этого, с этой целью
  • ради этого (radi etovo)for that reason
  • с этой целью (s etoj celʹju)for that reason
  • для этого (dlja etovo)for that reason
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MLA

“to that end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20that%20end. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “to that end,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20that%20end.

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