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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

seeing that en · CCONJ

Etymology

Compare similar constructions in Italian visto che and French vu que.

Meanings

  1. Considering the fact that; since; given that.
    • Can I go home now, seeing that I've finished all my work?
    • I'll help you, seeing that you asked so nicely.
    • I'll just tell you about what happened to me, seeing that that's something only me knows. 1980 December 27, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 12:

Forms

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seeing as Polite=Infm alternative lexicographic

Relateds

being that

Synonyms

as · because

Translations (9)

hu láttán (Translations) · fi koska (Translations) · fi sikäli kuin (Translations) · pl z uwagi na (Translations) · hu minthogy (Translations) · pl biorąc pod uwagę, że (Translations) · bg доколкото (Translations) · ar نَظَرًا لِـ (Translations) · es visto que (Translations)