with a view to
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
With the intention of, with the goal of (followed by a noun or a gerund).
Example Sentences
- "We read the contract with a view to finding a way out of it."
- "We read the contract with a view to its renegotiation."
- "We read the contract with a view to how it could be made to appeal to voters."
- "Business was excellent when Governor William Wyatt Bibb, with a view to promoting the newly created county’s domestic tranquility, dispatched a team of surveyors to locate its exact center and there establish its seat of government."