in order that

English

Conjunction

in order that

1. So that; used to indicate purpose

   In order that I wouldn’t be late I had to hurry.

   I am always trying new recipes, in order that I may become a better cook.

   I’m sending the parcel express in order that he gets it before the weekend.

Related terms

• in order to

Translations

so that

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以便 (zh) (yǐbiàn)

• Czech: aby (cs)
• Dutch: opdat (nl)
• Finnish: jotta (fi), niin että
• French: afin que (fr) (followed by the subjunctive), pour que (fr) (followed by the subjunctive)
• German: damit (de), sodass (de), um ... zu, auf dass (de) (archaic)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἵνα (hína)

• Hungarian: hogy (hu), azért, hogy (hu)
• Ingrian: jot, jos, eik
• Irish: i riocht is go, sa chaoi go, ionas go
• Japanese: ために (ja) (tame ni)
• Latin: ut (la)
• Plautdietsch: daut
• Polish: żeby (pl)
• Portuguese: para que (pt)
• Russian: что́бы (ru) (štóby), чтоб (ru) (štob), да́бы (ru) (dáby) (archaic or poetic)
• Spanish: de manera que
• Swedish: så att