Meanings
- idiomaticWith the intention of, with the goal of (followed by a noun or a gerund).
We read the contract with a view to its renegotiation.
3 more examples
We read the contract with a view to finding a way out of it.
We read the contract with a view to how it could be made to appeal to voters.
Business was excellent when Governor William Wyatt Bibb, with a view to promoting the newly created county’s domestic tranquility, dispatched a team of surveyors to locate its exact center and there establish its seat of government.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLCSynonyms: with an eye to, with an eye towards
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionWith the intention of, with the goal of (followed by a noun or a gerund).
Translations
Dutch met de bedoeling om
- met de bedoeling omwith the intention of
German mit dem Zweck
- mit dem Zweckwith the intention of
Hungarian céljából
- céljábólwith the intention of
Icelandic i því skyni að
- i því skyni aðwith the intention of
Irish ag súil le
- ag súil lewith the intention of
Swedish i syfte att
- i syfte attwith the intention of
Cite this entry
with a view to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20a%20view%20to
“with a view to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20a%20view%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with a view to,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20a%20view%20to.
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