Definition
Emphasizes that what follows immediately is the purpose of the preceding or the beyond.
In Context
- "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]"
- "She stood in order to see over the crowd. / She stood to see over the crowd."
- "She stood in order for her husband to see her. / She stood for her husband to see her."