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Meaning of Whereas | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
weəɹˈæz

Definitions

A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.

Equivalents

العربية بينما عندما
Azərbaycanca halbuki
Bosanski mig
Dansk hvorimod
Esperanto dum kontraŭe
Suomi kun taas
Français alors que tandis que
Hrvatski mig
Magyar míg pedig viszont
Bahasa Indonesia manakala
Italiano laddove mentre
Kurdî a a dûm halbûkî
Bahasa Melayu manakala
Nederlands hoewel ofschoon terwijl vermits
Română pe când
Српски mig
ไทย ส่วน
中文 然而

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[…]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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