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in order to

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in orderto

  1. before an infinitive: As a means of achieving the specified end;to.
    • 1957 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page568:
      Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early.
    She stoodin order to see over the crowd. /She stood to see over the crowd.
    • 1979, David Nasaw,Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States,page227:
      Simple common sense would dictate that the two-year schools,in order to compensate for the relative educational deprivation of their students, would have to spend more money on their college education.
    • 1995, Matthew S. Dryer, “Frequency and pragmatically unmarked word order”, in Pamela Downing, Michael P. Noonan, editors,Word Order in Discourse,page109:
      In order to do that, I turn briefly to the ways in which the terms "marked" and "unmarked" are employed in other domains, to determine whether those notions can be extended naturally into the area of discourse.
    • 2011, Lisa Sedano,How to Change Your Name in California,page97:
      State law requires a name change applicant to publish notice of the potential name change,in order to alert the public in case anyone wants to contest the action.

Usage notes

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  • The wordsin order in this context are usuallyredundant, and can be removed to leave justto as an expression of purpose. On the other hand, the full expression is usually required in the negative (in order not to, but note also the informalto not) and occasionally to avoid ambiguity.

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Translations

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as a means of achieving the specified aim—see alsoso that

See also

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  • to(particle)
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