English-Swedish translations for to all intents and purposes

• i allt väsentligt
  Denna manöver måste i allt väsentligt förkastas.This manoeuvre has to all intents and purposes been defeated.
  Mitt betänkande handlar i allt väsentligt om myntets baksida.My report to all intents and purposes addresses the other side of the coin.
  Vi kommer att rösta om dem denna vecka, men det kommer i allt väsentligt att vara en formalitet.We will vote on them this week but it will be to all intents and purposes a formality.
• praktiskt taget
  Dessa människor har praktiskt taget ingen tillgång till sjukvård.To all intents and purposes these people have no access to health care.
  Rådets gemensamma ståndpunkt återspeglar praktiskt taget Europaparlamentets önskan och lovar stora framsteg inom trafiksäkerheten.The Council common position to all intents and purposes reflects the will of Parliament and promises great steps forward in road safety.
  Att vi en gång för alla tar tag i de åligganden det internationella finanssystemet har i en praktiskt taget helt globaliserad ekonomi.We must make a determined effort to tackle the debate on the workings of the international financial system in what is now, to all intents and purposes, a globalised economy.
• så gott som
  Den gemensamma utrikes- och säkerhetspolitiken utgör ett av de politiska områden inom Europeiska unionen som så gott som aldrig har utvecklats.The common foreign and security policy is one of the policies of the European Union which, to all intents and purposes, has yet to be developed.

Definition of to all intents and purposes

• For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking

Synonyms

• effectively
• essentially
• in essence
• in effect
• practically
• virtually

Examples

• To all intents and purposes the case is closed.
• This treaty is to all intents and purposes no longer viable.

Related words

• Toynton All Saints
• fall into
• fall into place
• fall into one's lap
• call into question
• fall into the wrong hands
• fall into a trap
• fall into arrear
• fall into line