Whereas

//weəɹˈæz//

Synonyms for "whereas" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

albeit although as as far as as long as as things go at the same time at which time because being being as how boundary condition

Strong matches (18)

catch cause clause condition considering donnee during which time escalator clause escape clause escape hatch fine print for forasmuch as given grounds howbeit in that inasmuch as

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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Related terms

202 entries

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts hereabove hereafter hereafters hereagainst hereamong hereanent hereat hereaway

Showing 16 of 202 words.

derived

1 entries

otherwhereas

derived from

1 entries

where

has context

1 entries

law

related to

5 entries

clause contrast inasmuch as on contrary where

Translations

93 translations across 29 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عِنْدَمَا conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

halbuki conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Bulgarian

1 entries

от друга страна conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

然而 conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
鑒於 /鉴于 conj (it being the case that…)

Czech

4 entries

ježto conj (it being the case that…)
kdežto conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
poněvadž conj (it being the case that…)
přičemž conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Danish

2 entries

eftersom conj (it being the case that…)
hvorimod conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Dutch

4 entries

aangezien conj (it being the case that…)
hoewel conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
ofschoon conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
terwijl conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Esperanto

2 entries

dum conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
kontraŭe conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Finnish

3 entries

koska conj (it being the case that…)
kun sitä vastoin conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
kun taas conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

French

4 entries

alors que conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
alors que conj (it being the case that…)
compte tenu de conj (it being the case that…)
en raison de conj (it being the case that…)

German

4 entries

dieweil conj (it being the case that…)
wobei conj (it being the case that…)
wogegen conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
wohingegen conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Greek

4 entries

απεναντίας conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
δεδομένου ότι conj (it being the case that…)
ενώ conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
λαμβανομένου υπόψη ότι conj (it being the case that…)

Hebrew

1 entries

הוֹאִיל conj (it being the case that…)

Hungarian

4 entries

minthogy conj (it being the case that…)
mivel conj (it being the case that…)
míg conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
pedig conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Italian

2 entries

laddove conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
mentre conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Literary Chinese

1 entries

而 conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Malay

2 entries

manakala conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
padahal conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Navajo

1 entries

kótʼéego hazʼaah conj (it being the case that…)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

mens conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

medan conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
mens conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Polish

3 entries

a conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
natomiast conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
zaś conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Portuguese

4 entries

ao passo que conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
considerando que conj (it being the case that…)
dado que conj (it being the case that…)
enquanto conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Romanian

1 entries

pe când conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Russian

2 entries

в то вре́мя как conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
тогда́ как conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

dok conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
za razliku od conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Slovene

1 entries

medtem ko conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Spanish

4 entries

considerando conj (it being the case that…)
dado que conj (it being the case that…)
mientras que (locution) conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
por cuanto conj (it being the case that…)

Swedish

4 entries

alldenstund conj (it being the case that…)
emedan conj (it being the case that…)
enär conj (it being the case that…)
medan conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Ukrainian

3 entries

беручи до уваги, що conj (it being the case that…)
в той час як conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)
тоді як conj (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

Source: tatoeba (2462)

Working part-time at a supermarket, I found that some customers were polite whereas others weren't.

Source: tatoeba (52358)

Working part-time, I found that some customers were polite, whereas others were not.

Source: tatoeba (67297)

A stop sign in Japan has 3 sides, whereas a stop sign in the U.S. has 8 sides.

Source: tatoeba (246315)

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