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The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
Amber Benson

Meaning of "whereas" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHEREAS

whereas  [wɛərˈæz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHEREAS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whereas is a conjunction.
The conjunction is an invariable grammatical category used to join together words and sentences.

WHAT DOES WHEREAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whereas in the English dictionary

The definition of whereas in the dictionary is but on the other hand. Other definition of whereas is it being the case that; since.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHEREAS


whenas
wɛnˈæz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHEREAS

where
where it´s at
where one lives
where someone is coming from
where´er
whereabout
whereabouts
whereafter
whereat
whereby
wherefor
wherefore
wherefores
wherefrom
wherein
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereness
whereof
whereon

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHEREAS

Aeneas
Boreas
cream teas
get ideas
green peas
hepatopancreas
high seas
inner-city areas
mushy peas
overseas
Palestinian Autonomous Areas
pancreas
San Andreas
seas
seven seas
South Seas
split peas
the Proteas
the Thousand Guineas
yeas

Synonyms and antonyms of whereas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whereas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHEREAS

Find out the translation of whereas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whereas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whereas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mientras que
570 millions of speakers

English

whereas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जबकि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في حين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в то время как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ao passo que
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যেহেতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alors que
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sedangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wohingegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

であるのに反して
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~인 데 반하여
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong khi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதேசமயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buna karşılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mentre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mając na uwadze,
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в той час як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în timp ce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαμβάνοντας υπόψη ότι η
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terwyl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whereas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEREAS»

The term «whereas» is very widely used and occupies the 6.997 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEREAS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whereas» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whereas» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whereas

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10 QUOTES WITH «WHEREAS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whereas.
1
Karl Abraham
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
2
Margaret Atwood
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
3
David Bailey
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.
4
Maria Bartiromo
The average trade of an individual is in the thousands of shares, whereas the institutional trade can be in the millions of shares. Clearly, the bigger the order, the bigger the move in the stock.
5
Gary Becker
Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work?
6
Amber Benson
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
7
Steven Bochco
Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.
8
Billy Bragg
But, in the end, even a song that's as politically bland as Blowin in the Wind, you probably wouldn't get up and sing that now, whereas some of Bob Dylan's love songs that were contemporary with that, like say Girl from the North Country, you can still get up an play now.
9
Richard Branson
I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon have had to spend hundreds of millions of pounds you know, building their brands, whereas Virgin is already well-known around the world.
10
Deborah Bull
It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEREAS»

Discover the use of whereas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whereas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Whereas I was blind
This story, by the Chairman of St Dunstan's, is particularly dedicated to all those who have lost their sight and includes a chapter about the launching of Talking Books.
Ian Fraser Fraser of Lonsdale (baron), 1943
2
"Whereas it is Expedient": Early Manitoba and Nebraska Court ...
Although the Great Plains of North America form a geographical unit, and although the indigenous people of this region had cultural and linguistic commonalities that were the substance of their lives and interactions for centuries before ...
Geertruida Catharina de Goede, 2007
3
Why you look like you whereas I tend to look like me
Gives a brief biography of Gregor Mendel, describes his experiments with crossing peas, and explains in rhyme what his results revealed about heredity in humans.
Charlotte Pomerantz, 1969
4
Why Are Some International Joint Ventures a Success Whereas ...
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, course: International Economics, language: English, abstract: Regarding the key factors for success or ...
Isabella Aberle, 2010
5
Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks,
for in this Directive; whereas it does not seem appropriate to require that such schemes, certain of which have been introduced only recently pursuant to recommendation 87/63/EEC, be amended on this point; Whereas a Member State must ...
Robert C. Effros, 1997
6
The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies
(4) Whereas it is necessary, in the course of the operation of the common market and for the changeover to the single currency, to provide legal certainty for citizens and firms in all Member States on certain provisions relating to the ...
Alan Dashwood, Angela Ward, 1999
7
Cobbett's complete collection of state trials and ...
said 39th day of January, in the said room called the workshop, or in any other room or place belonging to the said dwelling-house; and whereas, in truth and in fact, there was not, on the said Sd day of January, any black pitcher, and about 24 ...
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, William Cobbett, 1813
8
European Community Contract Law: EC legislation
concluded between undertakings from different Member States; whereas an exclusive purchasing agreement to which undertakings from only one Member State are party and which concerns the resale of goods within that Member State may ...
Conor Quigley, 1997
9
Kenya Gazette
281, section 1\) Issue of a Provisional Certificate WHEREAS (1) Maganlal Motichand Chandaria and (2) Suryakala Maganlal Chandaria (Mrs.), both of P.O. Box 82171, Mombasa, arc registered proprietors in fee simple of that piece of land ...
10
Federal Communications Commission (Parts 0 - 19)
Whereas, the Working Group agrees that a nationwide programmatic agreement is a desirable and effective way to further streamline and tailor the Section 106 review process as it applies to Facilities; and Whereas, this Nationwide ...
Griffes

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHEREAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whereas is used in the context of the following news items.
1
UPFA will win in 14 districts, whereas UNP alliance only in four …
Susil Premajayantha while questioning the veracity of the 6.2 million votes President Maithripala Srisena got in the last Presidential election declared that UPFA ... «Asian Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Sen. Bob Menendez leads resolution congratulating Carli Lloyd …
Whereas during the FIFA World Cup the United States Women's National Team finished first in its group before eliminating teams representing the Republic of ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
3
The difference was they played as a team whereas Leitrim played as …
The Wee county also played with verve and purpose and an eye for the goals whereas Leitrim were lethargic, ponder-some, and seemed very uneasy with the ... «Leitrim Observer, Jul 15»
4
Ford Motor Company Upgraded At Goldman Sachs, Whereas
Two of the 'Big Three' Detroit automakers came into focus by Goldman Sachs analyst, Patrick Archambault, who upgraded Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) from ... «Bidness ETC, Jun 15»
5
Irony: UP police boasts arrest of 3 in Buffalo stealing whereas
Irony: UP police boasts arrest of 3 in Buffalo stealing whereas reporter's murderer at large. A year and half before Minister Azam Khan's buffalo was stolen by a ... «ABP Live, Jun 15»
6
Irony: Akhilesh claims justice for all whereas journalist Jagendra …
Irony: Akhilesh claims justice for all whereas journalist Jagendra Singh's family awaits action against accused minister. Ram Murti Singh Verma is still at large ... «ABP Live, Jun 15»
7
The next few days will remain changeable for northern areas …
Temperatures here will be disappointingly cool, whereas the sunshine in the south will help the Mercury climb into the twenties, especially in the southeast of ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
8
Changeable in the north, drier and warmer in the south
Temperatures here will be disappointingly cool, whereas the sunshine in the south will help the Mercury climb into the twenties, especially in the southeast of ... «ITV News, Jun 15»
9
AFC back Blatter whereas South America gets rocked by FIFA scandal
The Asian Football Confederation has re-affirmed its support for embattled FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and pushed for Friday's presidential election to go ahead ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
10
New Zealand 'monitor' FIFA scandal whereas Costa Rica open …
New Zealand Football executives have labelled the corruption controversy embroiling world soccer's governing body FIFA as "serious" and said they were ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»

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