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🎯 For the purpose 🎯 With the aim
with a view to

with a view to

1 4.0
To do something in order to reach a goal
  • idiom
  • Formal
translation icon : con el objetivo de
  • She is saving money with a view to buying her first home next year.
  • with a view to achieving
  • with a view to preventing
  • with a view to developing

And Seneca says it's actually with a view to not wasting let a gift go somewhere from which it need not be sought back, but could be paid back, right.

Examples

  • Evaluation is undertaken with a view to determining whether stated goals and objectives have been reached.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Since the mid-eighties, Ghana has undertaken three landmark reforms in education, all with a view to making it more functional for Ghanaian society.

    Academic text (2000)

  • My plans were to investigate Florida with a view to buying a home in a warm climate.

    Blog text (19)

  • The aim of any screening program is the early detection of the condition with a view to more successful treatment.

    Academic text (2012)

  • On the political plane, policy adjustments have been made with a view to breaking down the mentality of hostility.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Students are urged to seriously study their occupational aspirations, with a view to fashioning their academic curriculum accordingly.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Hong Kong Democratic Association, Hong Kong's first political party, was formed in 1989 with a view to these upcoming elections.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Its members regularly exchange information with a view to promoting international cooperation in detecting and fighting unfair and deceptive marketing practices.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The committee met frequently with a view to improving community engagement.

  • The research was conducted with a view to understanding the effects of climate change.

Synonyms

for the sake of
vswith a view to
248 3.3

To help someone or something

is intention focused on achieving a purpose rather than who benefits
to that end
vswith a view to
  • Formal
39 4.0

To make that happen

is a general intention and does not point to a specific prior aim
with an eye towards
vswith a view to
  • UK
1 5.2

To plan or act while thinking about a future goal

is immediate intention to achieve something rather than planning ahead

Antonyms

aimlessly
24 3.7

Without a clear purpose, direction, or plan

purposelessly
7.1

Doing something without a clear aim or plan

How Intentional

with a view to
  • Formal
1 4.0
purposefully
31 3.9
expressly
33 4.4
by chance
66 2.3

Surface Forms

with a view to main

Morphology

with + a + view + to

The element 'view' can extend to mean 'aim' or 'intention', so there is a partial compositional link to the MWE meaning; however this sense is a semantic extension of the more basic meanings ('sight' or 'opinion') and the fixed prepositional pattern 'with a view to' is somewhat idiomatic and formal. A B1 learner who knows the words might guess a purposeful sense only partially or unreliably, so the expression is semi-transparent.

Etymology

With a view to may come from the simple image of looking toward a goal. If you view a place or plan before you act, you are thinking ahead, so the phrase came to mean 'with the aim of' doing something.