"for the sake of" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of. Synonyms: for sake of, for something's sake Derived forms: for Christ's sake, for fuck's sake, for God's sake, for goodness' sake, for heaven's sake, for mercy's sake, for Pete's sake, for pity's sake Translations (because of): ὑπέρ (hupér) [with-genitive] (Ancient Greek), مِن أَجْلِ (min ʔajli) (Arabic), عشان (ʕašān) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), عشان (ʕašān) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), համար (hamar) (Armenian), հանուն (hanun) (Armenian), սիրուն (sirun) (Armenian), խաթեր (xatʻer) [dialectal] (Armenian), xatir (Azerbaijani), xatirinə (Azerbaijani), хаҡына (xaqına) (Bashkir), дзе́ля (dzjélja) (Belarusian), зара́дзі (zarádzi) (Belarusian), для (dlja) (Belarusian), заради́ (zaradí) (Bulgarian), permor de (a) (Catalan), 為着 (ūi-tio̍h) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 為了 (Chinese Mandarin), 为了 (wèile) (Chinese Mandarin), a-barth (Cornish), bar' (Cornish), kvůli (Czech), ter wille van (Dutch), omwille van (Dutch), верч (verč) (Eastern Mari), pro (Esperanto), nimessä (Finnish), vuoksi (Finnish), takia (Finnish), tähden (Finnish), pour l’amour de (French), dans l’intérêt de (French), au nom de (French), ხათრით (xatrit) (Georgian), wegen (German), um ... willen (German), halber (German), לְמַעַן (l'máan) (Hebrew), לִכְבוֹד (likh'vód) (Hebrew), érdekében (Hungarian), kedvéért (Hungarian), végett (Hungarian), tekintettel (Hungarian), de gheall ar (Irish), as ucht (Irish), ar son (Irish), ar scáth (Irish), ar mhaithe le (Irish), de ghrá (Irish), per il bene di (Italian), ...のために (english: ... no tame ni) (Japanese), ...の為に (alt: ...のために, ...no tame ni) (Japanese), 을 위해서 (-eul wihaeseo) (Korean), 때문에 (ttaemun-e) (alt: follows a noun with -에 or a nominalized clause) (Korean), поради (poradi) (Macedonian), بخاطر (be-xâter) (Persian), به جهت (be jehat) (Persian), برای (barâye) (Persian), na (Polish), dla (Polish), pelo bem de (Portuguese), ਬਰਾਏ (barāē) (Punjabi), ਲਈ (laī) (Punjabi), de dragul [with-genitive] (Romanian), ра́ди (rádi) [with-genitive] (Russian), для (dlja) (Russian), airson (Scottish Gaelic), son [colloquial] (Scottish Gaelic), air sgàth (Scottish Gaelic), kvôli (Slovak), por amor a (Spanish), en nombre de (Spanish), para el propósito de (Spanish), uğruna (Turkish), зара́ди (zarády) (Ukrainian), для (dlja) (Ukrainian), er mwyn (Welsh), לכּבֿוד (lekoved) (Yiddish)
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        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bashkir translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Cornish translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "համար"
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "հանուն"
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      "sense": "because of",
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      "sense": "because of",
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      "word": "խաթեր"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "because of",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "ba",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "хаҡына"
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      "word": "дзе́ля"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "because of",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "ხათრით"
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      "word": "wegen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "halber"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "because of",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "לִכְבוֹד"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "tekintettel"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "de gheall ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "as ucht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "de ghrá"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "per il bene di"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "을 위해서"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "때문에"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poradi",
      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "mhr",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "верч"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "because of",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "be jehat",
      "sense": "because of",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barâye",
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      "word": "برای"
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    {
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "dla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "pelo bem de"
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    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "barāē",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "ਬਰਾਏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "laī",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "ਲਈ"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "because of",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
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      "word": "de dragul"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "because of",
      "tags": [
        "with-genitive"
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      "word": "ра́ди"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "для"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "because of",
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "because of",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "air sgàth"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "kvôli"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "por amor a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "en nombre de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "para el propósito de"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "uğruna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zarády",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "зара́ди"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dlja",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "для"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "er mwyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lekoved",
      "sense": "because of",
      "word": "לכּבֿוד"
    }
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}

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