for all practical purposes

Speech parts

1. for all practical purposes - Adverb

2. for all practical purposes - Phrase

Meaning

in every practical sense

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

well-nigh close to to all intents and purposes in reality for all intents and purposes

Examples

to all intents and purposes the case is closed Source: Internet

the rest are for all practical purposes useless Source: Internet

Completeness of the human genome sequence Although the human genome has been completely sequenced for all practical purposes, there are still hundreds of gaps in the sequence. Source: Internet

And so that’s maybe one of the clearest signs of Sweden actually more or less joining NATO, for all practical purposes. Source: Internet

"I don't think ((the government)) is serious," says Tesfai Ghermazien, the Eritrean group's spokesman in Washington, "but there is a very slim chance it is, since for all practical purposes it has lost the war." Source: Internet

Eligibility shall not commence until after the former player has been voted on once for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which for all practical purposes, means six years after retirement." Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

for all practical purposes

Close letter words and terms

for all of someone for all one is worth for all one knows for all someone cares for all that for all the world