whereas
Part of speech: conj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.
Base: where
Inflected forms:
form: whereäs
pos: conj
tags: alternative
rare
form: whereases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: whereäs
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.
pos: conj
examples: He came first in the race, whereas his brother came last.
One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin.
gloss: It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)
pos: conj
examples: And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union.
gloss: A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.
pos: noun
examples: […]the promise is stated after a whereas, though the promise is the very gist of the action, yet, such a count so framed, will be held good on demurrer.
It had a page or so of whereases.
I feel it is most unfortunate that some of the preambles, prefaces, whereases or whatever you want to call it, are put before motions or before resolutions[…]
If it is the desire of any Lodge on the floor that the whereases that were listed in their original Resolution be quoted by the Chairman or by the Secretary[…]
Related words: —
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thatwise
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whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鑒於 /鉴于
roman: jiànyú
lang: Czech
word: poněvadž
lang: Czech
word: ježto
lang: Czech
word: vzhledem k tomu, že
lang: Danish
word: eftersom
lang: Dutch
word: aangezien
lang: Dutch
word: terwijl
lang: Dutch
word: waarbij
lang: Dutch
word: vermits
lang: Finnish
word: koska
lang: French
word: alors que
lang: French
word: compte tenu de
lang: French
word: vu que
lang: French
word: vu
lang: French
word: eu égard à
lang: French
word: en raison de
lang: French
word: étant donné
lang: German
word: wobei
lang: German
word: dieweil
lang: Greek
word: δεδομένου ότι
roman: dedoménou óti
lang: Greek
word: λαμβανομένου υπόψη ότι
roman: lamvanoménou ypópsi óti
lang: Hebrew
word: הוֹאִיל
roman: ho'il
lang: Hungarian
word: minthogy
lang: Hungarian
word: mivel
lang: Hungarian
word: tekintettel
lang: Navajo
word: kótʼéego hazʼaah
lang: Portuguese
word: sendo que
lang: Portuguese
word: considerando que
lang: Portuguese
word: dado que
lang: Spanish
word: siendo que
lang: Spanish
word: por cuanto
lang: Spanish
word: visto que
lang: Spanish
word: ya que
lang: Spanish
word: dado que
lang: Spanish
word: considerando
lang: Swedish
word: emedan
lang: Swedish
word: alldenstund
lang: Swedish
word: enär
lang: Ukrainian
word: беручи до уваги, що
roman: beručy do uvahy, ščo