in order to

English

Phrase

in order to

1. As a means of achieving the specified end; to.

   She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd.

Usage notes

• The words "in order" in this context are usually redundant, and can be removed to leave just "to" as an expression of purpose. However, the full expression is required in the negative ("in order not to") and occasionally to avoid ambiguity.

Synonyms

• for to, to (particle)

Related terms

• in order
• in order that
• in order for

See also

• to (particle)

Translations

as a means of achieving the specified aim

• Arabic: لكي (ar) (likay), ل (ar) (li)
• Belarusian: каб (be) (kab)
• Bulgarian: за да (bg) (za da)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 為了 (cmn), 为了 (cmn) (wèile), 以便 (cmn) (yǐbiàn), 用以 (cmn) (yòngyǐ)

• Czech: aby (cs)
• Danish: for at (da)
• Dutch: om (nl), ten einde (nl)
• Esperanto: por (eo)
• Estonian: et (et)
• Finnish: jotta (fi)
• French: pour (fr) + inf., afin de (fr)
• German: um zu (de)
• Hebrew: על מנת (he) ('al menát), כְּדֵי (he) (k'dei)
• Hindi: ताकि (hi) (tāki)
• Hungarian: avégből (hu) (azért, hogy)
• Italian: per fare (it)
• Japanese: ...ために (ja) (...tame ni), ...手段として (ja) (...shudan to shite), ように (ja) (...yō-ni)

• Khmer: ដើម្បី (km) (daəmbəy)
• Korean: ... 하기 위하여 (ko) (... hagi wihayeo)
• Latin: ut (la) + coni.
• Macedonian: за да (mk) (za da), како би (mk) (káko bi)
• Norwegian: for å (no)
• Persian: به منظور (fa) (be manzur)
• Polish: żeby (pl)
• Portuguese: a fim de que (pt)
• Russian: чтобы (ru) (štóby), чтоб (ru) (štob), дабы (ru) (dáby) (archaic or poetic)
• Scottish Gaelic: air chor 's gu (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: kako bi (sh), како би (sh), da bi (sh), да би (sh), što bi (sh), што би (sh)
• Slovak: aby (sk)
• Slovene: da bi (sl)
• Spanish: a fin de (es), para (es), a (es)
• Swedish: för att (sv)
• Thai: เพื่อที่จะ (th) (pêua têe jà)
• Ukrainian: щоб (uk) (ščob)
• Urdu: تاکی (ur) (tāki)
• Vietnamese: để (vi)