"being that" meaning in All languages combined

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Conjunction [English]

Etymology: Possibly an ellipsis of "it being so that" or "it being true that" Head templates: {{en-con}} being that
  1. (informal) since or because. Tags: informal Related terms: being as
    Sense id: en-being_that-en-conj-xfEZaAmp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: given that, seeing that, since, as, as long as [idiomatic], because, being [obsolete], being as [informal, nonstandard], being that, due to the fact that, for, for that [archaic], forasmuch as, forthy, forwhy [archaic], given that, in regard [obsolete], in that, inasmuch as, now that, on account of, seeing that, since, sith [obsolete], sithence [archaic], when,
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