to what end

English

Alternative forms

• to what ends

Adverb

to what end (…) ?

1. For what purpose, what for, why.

   To what end are you spending so much time reading the newspaper?

   They put so much effort into it, but to what end?

Translations

for what purpose

• Finnish: minkä vuoksi, mihin tarkoitukseen
• French: dans quel but, pour quoi faire, à quelle fin
• Hungarian: milyen célból, miért (hu), mi végre, mi célból
• Latin: quorsum
• Polish: po co (pl)
• Russian: к чему́ (k čemú), заче́м (ru) (začém)