with a view to
Aiming for ultimately
With a view to introduces a purpose or intended outcome: She took the internship with a view to landing a permanent position.
The phrase is somewhat formal, appearing more often in written than spoken English.
It implies forward-looking intention—you do something now while keeping a future goal in sight.
- aiming atDirecting toward a target
- forOn behalf of
- as regardsPertaining to something
- aimPurpose or direction
- purposeReason something exists
intention · objective · goal · in order to · plan · so as to · looking ahead to · arrangement · execution · expectation · implementation · strategy · striving · pursuit · blueprint · aspiration · end · ambition
- purpose wordsto, for, in order to, so that, so as to
with a view toaimlessly
Without direction or intent
purposelessly · unintentionally · by accident · accidentally · pointlessly
with a view toas a result of
Caused by something prior
because of · in retrospect · owing to · on account of · due to
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