Pronunciation

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Preposition

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1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#WITHAVIEWTO) With the intention of, with the goal of (followed by a noun or a gerund).

   Synonyms: with an eye to, with an eye towards

   We read the contract with a view to finding a way out of it.Category:English terms with usage examples#WITHAVIEWTO

   We read the contract with a view to its renegotiation.Category:English terms with usage examples#WITHAVIEWTO

   We read the contract with a view to how it could be made to appeal to voters.Category:English terms with usage examples#WITHAVIEWTO

   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     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.

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Further reading

• “with a view to doing something”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “with a view to doing something” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.