Usually means: Effectively the same in practice.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word to all intents and purposes:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. to all intents and purposes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. to all intents and purposes: Merriam-Webster
  3. to all intents and purposes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. to all intents and purposes: Collins English Dictionary
  5. to all intents and purposes: Vocabulary.com
  6. to all intents and purposes: Wordnik
  7. to all intents and purposes: Wiktionary
  8. to all intents and purposes: Dictionary.com
  9. to all intents and purposes: Rhymezone
  10. to all intents and purposes: FreeDictionary.org
  11. to all intents and purposes: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. to all intents and purposes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. to all intents and purposes: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. to all intents and purposes: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (to all intents and purposes)

adverb:  in every practical sense ("To all intents and purposes the case is closed")


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