Dictionary

whereas en · ADV

Pronunciation

(US) audio
/wəˈɹaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/(h)wɛɹˈæz/ (General-American)
/wɛəɹˈaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɛɹəz/ (Received-Pronunciation) in fast speech

Etymology

From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.

Meanings

(not-comparable, obsolete) Where (that).
- And home she came, whereas her mother blynd / Sate in eternall night […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iii:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
whereäs		alternative, rare	lexicographic

Deriveds

otherwhereas

whereas en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

(US) audio
/wəˈɹaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/(h)wɛɹˈæz/ (General-American)
/wɛəɹˈaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɛɹəz/ (Received-Pronunciation) in fast speech

Etymology

From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.

Meanings

In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.
- One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin. 2020 October 5, Paul Turnbull, “Thinking About Craniometry- The Racial Turn”, in Paul Turnbull:
- He came first in the race, whereas his brother came last.
It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)
- And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union. 1778, United States Articles of Confederation:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
whereäs		alternative, rare	lexicographic

Translations (89)

cs vzhledem k tomu, že (it being the case that…) · sh za razliku od (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nl ofschoon (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sv medan (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fi kun sitä vastoin (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · uk беручи до уваги, що (it being the case that…) · bg от друга страна (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · pl zaś (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · ro pe când (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · pt sendo que (it being the case that…) · nl terwijl (it being the case that…) · hu minthogy (it being the case that…) · ms padahal (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · es ya que (it being the case that…) · fr étant donné (it being the case that…) · pt considerando que (it being the case that…) · ru в то вре́мя как (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · de während (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nn mens (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · de dieweil (it being the case that…) · es considerando (it being the case that…) · it laddove (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nb mens (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · de wobei (it being the case that…) · fr eu égard à (it being the case that…) · he הוֹאִיל (it being the case that…) · fr alors que (it being the case that…) · az halbuki (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · es por cuanto (it being the case that…) · el δεδομένου ότι (it being the case that…) · sv alldenstund (it being the case that…) · hu tekintettel (it being the case that…) · cs kdežto (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sv samtidigt som (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · da eftersom (it being the case that…) · el ενώ (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fi koska (it being the case that…) · nl terwijl (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · da hvorimod (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · cs přičemž (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · lzh-lit 而 (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · it mentre (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sv emedan (it being the case that…) · pl a (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · pl natomiast (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fi kun taas (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fr tandis que (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · pt dado que (it being the case that…) · nl waarbij (it being the case that…) · de wogegen (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · pt ao passo que (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · hu mivel (it being the case that…) · ar عِنْدَمَا (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nn medan (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sv enär (it being the case that…) · cs poněvadž (it being the case that…) · uk тоді як (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fr alors que (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · eo dum (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fr vu que (it being the case that…) · pt enquanto (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · eo kontraŭe (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · hu viszont (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sl medtem ko (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · ms manakala (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · el λαμβανομένου υπόψη ότι (it being the case that…) · el απεναντίας (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · uk в той час як (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nl vermits (it being the case that…) · zh 然而 (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · sh dok (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · cs ježto (it being the case that…) · hu míg (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · nv kótʼéego hazʼaah (it being the case that…) · es mientras que (locution) (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · cmn 鑒於 /鉴于 (it being the case that…) · ru тогда́ как (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · hu pedig (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fr compte tenu de (it being the case that…) · fr vu (it being the case that…) · el τουναντίον (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · fr en raison de (it being the case that…) · es siendo que (it being the case that…) · es visto que (it being the case that…) · nl aangezien (it being the case that…) · nl hoewel (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · cs zatímco (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · de wohingegen (but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…) · es dado que (it being the case that…)

whereas en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(US) audio
/wəˈɹaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/(h)wɛɹˈæz/ (General-American)
/wɛəɹˈaz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈwɛɹəz/ (Received-Pronunciation) in fast speech

Etymology

From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.

Meanings

A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.
- […]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. 1883, The Insurance Law Journal, Potter and Company:
- 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[…] 1961, Aluminum Workers' International Union, Biennial Convention:
- It had a page or so of whereases. 1908, United States Congress, Hearings beginning March 9, 1908 – April 30, 1908:
- 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[…] 1973, Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Proceedings:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
whereäs		alternative, rare	lexicographic
whereases	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (4)

nl terwijl (clause) · es considerando (clause) · pt cláusula (clause) · nl vermits (clause)

whereas en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Meanings

Forms

Deriveds

whereas en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Meanings

Forms

Relateds

Translations (89)

whereas en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Meanings

Forms

Translations (4)