to all intents and purposes

• Формальная фраза, используемая для указания на то, что что-то фактически верно или имеет тот же эффект, что и истина, даже если это не совсем или технически так.

A formal phrase used to indicate that something is effectively true or has the same effect as being true, even if not exactly or technically so.

1. In effect or essentiallyB2formal

   Used to indicate that something is effectively true, even if not exactly or officially so.

   По сути

   • To all intents and purposes, the project is finished.
   • He is, to all intents and purposes, the leader of the group.
   • The old building is, to all intents and purposes, abandoned.