INDEX:
1. in order to get something, achieve something, or make something happen
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↑ PURPOSE
↑ REASON
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1. in order to get something, achieve something, or make something happen
▷ to do something /tə ˈduː something/ [adverb]
▪ She went to the bank to get some money.
▪ Salt is spread on roads in cold weather to prevent the formation of ice.
▪ To lose weight, you must eat sensibly.
▪ You didn’t come all that way just to see me, did you?
so as not to do something
▪ When I get home late I sleep in the spare room, so as not to disturb my wife.
▷ in order to do something /ɪn ˌɔːʳdəʳ tə ˈduː something/ [adverb]
done so that something else happens as a result, or necessary if something else is to be possible :
▪ Many drug users get involved in crime simply in order to pay for their supplies of cocaine and heroin.
▪ In order to be a doctor, you have to study for six years.
in order not to do something
▪ In order not to offend anyone, I did not tell them the real reason for my visit.
▷ so (that) /ˈsəʊ (ðət)/ [conjunction]
if you do something so that you or another person can do something else, you do it in order to make the other thing possible :
▪ She’s studying English at night school so that she can go to university.
▪ I’ll move my car so you can get into the garage.
▪ Steps must be taken so that this kind of disaster never happens again.
▷ for /fəʳ, strong fɔːʳ/ [preposition]
if you do something for something, you do it for a particular purpose :
▪ She’s gone into hospital for a check-up.
▪ I went into the store for some tomatoes and came out with two bags of groceries.
▪ We climbed up here for the view, and also because we wanted to get some exercise.
▷ with the aim of doing something /wɪð ði ˌeɪm əv ˈduːɪŋ something/ [adverb]
if you do something with the aim of doing something else, you do it in order to try and achieve this :
▪ The Green Party was started with the aim of protecting the environment.
▪ I originally went out to the Far East with the aim of setting up my own import-export business.
▷ with a view to doing something /wɪð ə ˌvjuː tə ˈduːɪŋ something/ [adverb]
if you do something with a view to doing something else, you do it because you are planning to do something else later and this will help you to achieve it :
▪ We bought the cottage with a view to settling down there after retirement.
▪ The idea was to pool resources with a view to lowering operating costs.