Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

with an eye to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: with- an eye -to
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

With an intention, goal, or consideration to.

Example Sentences

"We read the contract with an eye to finding a way out of it."
"We read the contract with an eye to its renegotiation."
"We read the contract with an eye to how it could be made to look to voters."
"Nickle had made a choice of lanes but this at the best was only guess-work and the place had to be selected with an eye to the possibility of slipping round, via the station fork, into the other lane and taking up a position there if need be."

Inflected Forms

with an eye to ... (canonical)

Phrases

with an eye towards

Frequently Paired Words

with an eye towards

Synonyms

with a view to with an eye towards

Questions

What does with an eye to mean?: With an intention, goal, or consideration to.

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