to what end

English

Adverb

to what end (not comparable)

1. For what purpose

   We will never know to what ends he was working.

   To what end are you spending so much time reading the newspaper?

   They put so much effort into it, but to what end?

Translations

for what purpose

• Latin: quorsum
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• Russian: к чему́ (k čemú), заче́м (ru) (začém)