Meaning of Sake | Babel Free
ˈseɪkDefinitions
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Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice. countable, uncountable
- Cause, interest or account.
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Alternative spelling of saké. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- Purpose or end; reason.
- The benefit or regard of someone or something.
- Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
Equivalents
Examples
“For the sake of argument”
“For old times' sake”
“Ne ãd except thoſe dayes ſhulde be ſhoꝛtened / ſhulde no fleſſe be faved: Butt foꝛ the choſens ſake thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhoꝛtened.”
“When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.”
“2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]”
“And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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