with an eye to

preposition

With an intention, goal, or consideration to.

“We read the contract with an eye to its renegotiation.”

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with a view towith an eye towards
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Meanings

prepositionwith an eye to ...
  1. idiomaticWith an intention, goal, or consideration to.

    We read the contract with an eye to its renegotiation.

    3 more examples

    We read the contract with an eye to finding a way out of it.

    We read the contract with an eye to how it could be made to look to voters.

    Nickle had made a choice of lanes but this at the best was only guess-work and the place had to be selected with an eye to the possibility of slipping round, via the station fork, into the other lane and taking up a position there if need be.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

    Synonyms: with a view to, with an eye towards

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionWith an intention, goal, or consideration to.

Similar
with a view towith an eye towards
Also see
with an eye towardswith a view to
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with an eye to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20an%20eye%20to

MLA

“with an eye to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20an%20eye%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with an eye to,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20an%20eye%20to.

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