What is another word for to what end?

Pronunciation: [tə wɒt ˈɛnd] (IPA)

"To what end" is a phrase used to question the purpose or intention of something. There are several synonyms for this phrase including "for what purpose", "with what aim", "to what purpose" and "for what reason". These synonyms help to convey the same meaning as "to what end" but with slightly different phrasing. Other synonymous phrases include "what is the goal", "what is the objective" and "what is the point". These alternatives are useful to avoid repetition of the same phrase and to add variety to your language. Choosing the most appropriate synonym can help to ensure clear communication between the speaker and the audience.

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What are the hypernyms for To what end?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with To what end

  • We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay?
    Laura Ingraham
  • O God, the creature knows not to what end Thou hast made Him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter.
    François Fénelon
  • For a long while I have lived with the notion that I was the most normal being that ever existed. This notion gave me the taste, even the passion for being unproductive: what was the use of being prized in a world inhabited by madmen, a world mired in mania and stupidity? For whom was one to bother, and to what end? It remains to be seen if I have quite freed myself from this certitude, salvation in the absolute, ruin in the immediate.
    Emil Cioran
  • The road to death is a long march beset with all evils, and the heart fails little by little at each new terror, the bones rebel at each step, the mind sets up its own bitter resistance and to what end? The barriers sink one by one, and no covering of the eyes shuts out the landscape of disaster, nor the sight of crimes committed there.
    Katherine Anne Porter

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