Wherefore

//ˈwɛə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "wherefore" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (25)

Related words (41)

Adverb(1 words)
pursuantly
Prep_phrase(1 words)
to that end
Noun(1 words)
why

Related word relations

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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related to

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Translations

39 translations across 27 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • διό conj (because of which)
  • τοιγάρ conj (because of which)
  • ᾗ conj (because of which)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • защо conj (because of which)
  • по каква причина conj (because of which)

Czech

1 entries
  • pročež conj (because of which)

Danish

1 entries
  • hvorfor conj (because of which)

Dutch

2 entries
  • waarom conj (because of which)
  • waarvoor conj (because of which)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hví conj (because of which)

Finnish

2 entries
  • miksi conj (because of which)
  • minkä vuoksi conj (because of which)

French

1 entries
  • d'où conj (because of which)

Georgian

2 entries
  • რატომ conj (because of which)
  • რისთვის conj (because of which)

German

3 entries
  • warum conj (because of which)
  • weswegen conj (because of which)
  • wofür conj (because of which)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌸𐌴 conj (because of which)

Greek

1 entries
  • γιατί conj (because of which)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • למה conj (because of which)
  • מדוע conj (because of which)

Italian

1 entries
  • perché conj (because of which)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 何故 conj (because of which)

Latin

1 entries
  • quōcircā conj (because of which)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • hvorfor conj (because of which)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • korfor conj (because of which)
  • kvifor conj (because of which)

Polish

1 entries
  • dlaczego conj (because of which)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • por quê conj (because of which)

Russian

2 entries
  • отчего conj (because of which)
  • почему́ conj (because of which)

Spanish

1 entries
  • por qué conj (because of which)

Swedish

1 entries
  • varför conj (because of which)

Turkish

1 entries
  • niçin conj (because of which)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • з тако́ї причи́ни conj (because of which)
  • чому́ conj (because of which)

Welsh

1 entries
  • paham conj (because of which)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • wêrom conj (because of which)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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O Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Source: tatoeba (868185)

But wherefore do not you a mightier way make war upon this bloody tyrant Time?

Source: tatoeba (2353383)

O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Source: tatoeba (3477506)

"Ah, mother mine!" he chides her, as she flies, / "art thou, then, also cruel? Wherefore cheat / thy son so oft with images and lies? / Why may I not clasp hands, and talk without disguise?"

Source: tatoeba (6789093)

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