So As To

Definition: So As To

So As To

Adverb

1. In order to; "he observed the snakes so as to describe their behavior".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: So As To

A white female patient receives a lateral mammogram treatment. She is lying on her left side with the left breast compressed and she is holding her right breast out of the way so as to not block the x-ray. Note the older methods of the diagnostic procedure. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(4) color slides show a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the top slice of bread is turned clockwise so as to see the peanut butter and jelly filling. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

View through arch of east tower. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, March 1977. (Reproduction Number: HAER WVA,35-WHEEL,35-44) The Wheeling Suspension Bridge has been called "the father of American suspension bridges." Designed in 1849 by Charles Ellett as part of the National Road (later U.S. 40), the bridge spans a distance of 1,010 feet across the Ohio River so as to allow boats to pass underneath it. The bridge has been altered several times by noted engineers including Ellett's partner, William McComas, and William Hildenbrand. It remains the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the world that is still in use. Credit: Library of Congress.

Painting by F. Luis Mora, depicting Lt(JG) Kalk assisting survivors of USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 61) after she was sunk by the German submarine U-53 off the Scilly Isles on 6 December 1917. A plaque accompanying this painting read: "The Jacob Jones was sunk by an enemy torpedo between Brest and Queenstown. Lieutenant (jg) S.F. Kalk rendered conspicuous and gallant services after the ship sank by helping men from one raft to another so as to equalize the weight on the rafts. He died of exposure and exhaustion in order to save others. Lieutenant (jg) Kalk was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal posthumously.". Credit: NAVY.

Barn on a hummock in Bird's Point, New Madrid Fuse Plug Levee District. Elevation is artificially made so as to be above flood level. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. The water stretching machine of an Eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. The heavy sections of steel which were once proud boxcars but now fit only for scrap are being cut by these heavy shears so as to be made ready for shipping to steel mills. Credit: Library of Congress.

The water stretching machine of an eastern parachute manufacturer stretches shroud lines so as to make them more adaptable to the finished product, Manchester, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Secondly, When the prince hinders the legislative from assembling in its due time, or from acting freely, pursuant to those ends for which it was constituted, the legislative is altered: for it is not a certain number of men, no, nor their meeting, unless they have also freedom of debating, and leisure of perfecting, what is for the good of the society, wherein the legislative consists: when these are taken away or altered, so as to deprive the society of the due exercise of their power, the legislative is truly altered; for it is not names that constitute governments, but the use and exercise of those powers that were intended to accompany them; so that he, who takes away the freedom, or hinders the acting of the legislative in its due seasons, in effect takes away the legislative, and puts an end to the government. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Clearing Offices concerned will lay before the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal all the information and documents in their possession, so as to enable the Tribunal to decide rapidly on the cases which are brought before it. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

By a most fortunate chance his leaving Highbury had been delayed so as to bring him to her assistance at this critical moment.

The Professor rapidly arranged them in two rows, so as to make a dark passage, leading straight from the door to the mouth of the cage.

One of these sheets of shadow entirely covered the wall against which Marius was leaning, so as to conceal him.

Cranly seized his arm and steered him round so as to head back towards Leeson Park.

With a little more wit we might use these materials so as to become richer than the richest now are, and make our civilization a blessing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Evaluation results should be reported and widely disseminated so as to advance both science and practice. (references)

The vaccine would prevent nicotine from reaching the brain so as to reduce its effects and help keep people from becoming addicted. (references)

Modified schedules for outdoor activities at school, camp, daycare centers, or the beach should be considered whenever possible so as to minimize UVR exposure. (references)

Business

But importers sell imported apparel directly to retail stores so as to reduce extra costs. (references)

In practice, flogging is administered in accordance with Shari'a so as to prevent major or permanent injuries. (references)

In some areas cooperation between official and unofficial churches has expanded so as to blur the line between the two. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kuwait

Some have argued that these procedures are purposely kept vague by the Government so as to maintain the status quo. (references)

Hong Kong

The U.N. Human Rights Committee in November 1999 noted its concern that the ordinance could be applied to restrict unduly the right of association and called on the Government to review the law so as to ensure full protection of the right to freedom of association under the ICCPR. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Some U.S. investors have looked to Egypt as an investment site so as to be able to benefit from U.S. Government procurement preferences. (references)

Minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Some hard-line local authorities in the eastern RS sought to keep information regarding the right to return and conditions in return sites from reaching displaced Serbs in their areas, so as to dissuade them from attempting to return to their former homes. (references)

Political Economy

Botswana

To keep voters' confidence, the government is engaged in a privatization drive aimed at improving productivity and diversifying the economy so as to generate jobs for all segments of society. (references)

Political Rights

Burma

In 1995 the NLD withdrew from the convention and demanded a revision in working procedures so as to allow debate and meaningful participation by all parties in formulation of a new constitution. (references)

Trade

Indonesia

A product registration regulation is also in place that requires detailed product processing information so as to approach proprietary information. (references)

Egypt

All food products should be packed in appropriate packages which should be clean, intact, and odorless so as to preserve the product and not affect its characteristics. (references)

Luxembourg

After opening the systems to economic operators in general, the packaging directive (94/62) clearly says that these systems shall also apply to imported products under non-discriminatory conditions, including the detailed arrangements and any tariff imposed for access to the systems, and shall be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition, in conformity with the Treaty. (references)

Travel

Spain

These attacks were apparently planned so as to avoid inflicting casualties. (references)

Women

India

In February 2000, CEDAW noted that "steps have not been taken to reform the personal laws of different religious and ethnic groups, in consultation with them, so as to conform with the Convention. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "so as to": so as to be on the safe side. Additional references.

Albanian

deri ... që. (various references)

Arabic 

‏لكي (because, in order to, that, with a view to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

така че (so, so that), за да (that, to). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�以 (in order to), 為了 (for the purpose of, in order to), 以便 (in order to, so that), 以 (according to, because, by, in order to, to use, with). (various references)

Czech

tak, aby. (various references)

Danish

saaledes opnaar man en relativt ren skal af stoerknet metal-dette er faktisk et af de maal,der tilstraebes med denne forarbejdningsmetode:et meget formbart yderlag ved staal til dybtraekning eller til traadtraekning (in fact, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), poroesiteterne kan goeres synlige ved udsivning,eller ved hjaelp af en speciel kobberaetsning,der lader de sejgrede omraader staa lyst:poroesiteterne fremtraeder da sort paa den lyse baggrund. (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or), i anlaeg,hvor staldgoedningen goeres flydende,findeles goedningen,og samtidig tilsaettes vand,som goer det muligt at sprede goedningen ved hjaelp af specielle vandingsanlaeg (manure liquifying plants tear up the dung and mix it with water, so as to enable spreading by means of special sprayers), en saadan foretrukken orientering kan foelges op helt fra den stoebte tilstand for at opnaa saerlige magnetiske egenskaber efter valsning (this kind of preferred orientation might be sought after in the as-cast state so as to obtain exceptional magnetic properties after rolling), der er fastlagt en taerskelvaerdi, som er sammenlignelig med det franske index for stoevindholdet (so as to be comparable to the French coniotic index), bestemmelserne i denne Traktat kna ikke paaberaabes over for gennemfoerelsen af aftaler (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements). (various references)

Dutch

verdunningsinstallaties slaan de stalmest kapot en mengen deze met water,zodat de mest door middel van speciale sproei-installaties kan worden verspreid (manure liquifying plants tear up the dung and mix it with water, so as to enable spreading by means of special sprayers), op deze wijze wordt een relatief zuivere mantel verkregen;overigens is dit één van de oogmerken die men bij deze verwerkingsmethode voor heeft:een ductiele mantel voor staalsoorten geschikt voor dieptrekken of draadtrekken (in fact, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), een drempelwaarde is zodanig vastgesteld,dat deze vergelijkbaar is met de Franse koniotische index (so as to be comparable to the French coniotic index), een dergelijke voorkeursoriëntatie kan al tijdens de smelt bewerkstelligd worden,ten einde na het walsen buitengewone magnetische eigenschappen te verkrijgen (this kind of preferred orientation might be sought after in the as-cast state so as to obtain exceptional magnetic properties after rolling), de poreusiteiten kunnen door middel van penetrante inspectie zichtbaar gemaakt worden of-wat nog beter is-door een zodanige koperetsing dat de uitgescheiden zone witgekleurd wordt;de poreusiteit is dan in zwart zichtbaar op de witte segregatie-achtergrond (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or), de bepalingen van dit Verdrag kunnen niet worden ingeroepen tegen de uitvoering van akkoorden (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements). (various references)

Finnish

varmistuaksein (so as to make sure), oppiakseni (so as to learn), oppiakseen (so as to learn), jotta saisin (so as to get). (various references)

French

assez ... pour, afin de (so that). (various references)

German

um ... zu (in order to, to). (various references)

Greek 

για να (in order to). (various references)

Hebrew 

כ�"י (according to, amphoral, as much, in order to, obtuse, so that, that, with a view to). (various references)

Hungarian

azzal a céllal, hogy, azért (in order to, that is why, that's why, thence, therefor, therefore, thereupon, to the end that, wherefore). (various references)

Italian

Un orientamento preferenziale di questo tipo puo venire elaborato gi� dal momento della colata per ottenere caratteristiche magnetiche eccezionali dopo la laminazione (this kind of preferred orientation might be sought after in the as-cast state so as to obtain exceptional magnetic properties after rolling), Le porosit� possono essere rese visibili mediante esami con liquidi penetranti o meglio ancora per mezzo di un attacco selettivo al rame, onde far apparirechiare le zone segregate : in tal modo le porosit� si presentano nere su un fondo segregato chiaro (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or), le disposizioni del presente trattato non sono opponibili all'esecuzione degli accordi (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements), In tal modo si ottiene una crosta di metallo solidificato relativamente pura:questo d'altra parte è uno degli obiettivi perseguiti in questo modo di lavorazione,di ottenere cioè una pelle molto duttile negli acciai per imbutitura e per trafilatura (a relatively pure crust of solidified metal is thus obtained.This is, in fact, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), impianto di diluizione di letame in cui il letame è sminuzzato con aggiunta d'acqua,in modo da potersi distribuire con diffresori speciali (manure liquifying plants tear up the dung and mix it with water, so as to enable spreading by means of special sprayers), è stato fissato un indice di limite al fine di renderlo comparabile all'indice coniotico francese (a threshold index has been fixed, so as to be comparable to the French coniotic index). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

陽 (appearance, in order to, kind, like, manner, so that, sort, such as, sun, sunlight, way, yang), 様 (appearance, in order to, kind, like, manner, Mr or Mrs, so that, sort, such as, way, yang). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よう (appearance, business, calamity, early death, employ, hire, in order to, kind, like, manner, so that, sort, such as, task, to become intoxicated, to get drunk, use, way, yang). (various references)

Pig Latin

osay asay otay

Portuguese

podem pôr-se em evidência as porosidades por extracção de líquido ou,melhor,por um ataque cúprico escolhido para fazer destacar em branco estas zonas segregadas:as porosidades aparecem então a preto sobre o fundo claro segregado (by a copper etch selected so as to show up the segregated zones in white ; the porosities then appear as black on the white segregated background, even better, the porosities may be revealed by penetrant inspection or), obtém-se assim uma camada relativamente pura de metal solidificado-é aliás um dos objectivos procurados por este processo de elaboração a saber a obtenção duma pele bem dúctil para os aços destinados � embutidura e � trefilagem (a relatively pure crust of solidified metal is thus obtained.This is, in fact, one of the objects of this method of steelmaking, so as to have a ductile skin on steels destined for deep-drawing or wire drawing), nas instalações de diluição o estrume é triturado com a adição de água,de forma a que possa ser distribuído por bicos de aspersão especiais (manure liquifying plants tear up the dung and mix it with water, so as to enable spreading by means of special sprayers), as disposições do presente Tratado não podem ser invocadas para impedir a execução de acordos (the provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements). (various references)

Romanian

pentru cã (as, because, for, in order that, in that, seeing that, that, to the end that), astfel încât, aşa de (so, such, that), aşa încât. (various references)

Russian 

так чтобы (so that). (various references)

Scottish

sg� nraich (affright so as to cause dispersion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tako da bi. (various references)

Spanish

para (against, as, as far as, as for, as regards, at, by, compared with to, for, for the purpose of, hold it, in favor of, in favour of, in order, in order to, in regard to, of, off, per, to, towards). (various references)

Swedish

jaså (hallo, hello, I see, oh, really), för att (because, in order that, in order to, lest, so that, to). (various references)

Turkish

-mak için, için (for, in order to, in the cause of, on account of, pro, seeing, so), -ecek şekilde. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: oasts, soots, stoas.

-2 letters: oast, oats, oots, ossa, soot, sots, stoa, taos, tass, toss.

-3 letters: ass, oat, oot, sat, sos, sot, tao, tas, too.

-4 letters: as, at, os, so, ta, to.

+2 letters: astomous, latosols, maestoso, osteomas, outsoars, scotomas, seaboots, soothsay, tostados.

+3 letters: apoptoses, apoptosis, autocross, autosomes, barstools, copastors, glossator, goalposts, grassroot, isolators, maestosos, mastodons, oasthouse, ostinatos, ostracods, outboasts, outsavors, saskatoon, scotopias, sforzatos, showboats, soapstone, soapworts, solations, sonorants, soothfast, soothsaid, soothsays, sororates, stoccados, teaspoons.

+4 letters: anastomose, apologists, apotheoses, apotheosis, astrodomes, bassoonist, boathouses, bookstalls, bootstraps, consonants, corposants, cosmonauts, crapshoots, desolators, faldstools, gastropods, glossators, grassroots, hoarfrosts, holocausts, houseboats, housecoats, isolations, isooctanes, loadstones, mastodonts, oasthouses, onomastics, ostensoria, osteoblast, osteoclast, osteopaths, ostracodes, photomasks, photostats, postseason, protostars, resonators, sainthoods, saskatoons, satinwoods, snakeroots, soapstones, sociopaths, solvations, soothsayer, spoliators, squawroots, statehoods, staterooms, statoscope, stoneboats, stonemason, stoopballs, swoopstake, tarbooshes, tattooists, toadstones, toadstools, tonoplasts, transposon, treasonous, vasotocins, vasotomies.

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