"in light of" meaning in English

See in light of in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Audio: en-au-in light of.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Probably from in the light of Etymology templates: {{m|en|in the light of}} in the light of Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} in light of, {{en-prep}} in light of
  1. (idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US) given, considering Tags: Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic Translations (given, considering): عَلَى ضَوْء (ʕalā ḍawʔ) (Arabic), على ضوء (ʕala ḍooʔ) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), լույսի ներքո (luysi nerkʿo) (Armenian), 依照 (yīzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 鑒於 (Chinese Mandarin), 鉴于 (jiànyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 鑑於 (Chinese Mandarin), 比照 (bǐzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), valossa (Finnish), à la lumière de (French), au vu de (French), angesichts (German), in Anbetracht (German), im Hinblick auf (German), לאור (l'ór-) (Hebrew), alla luce di (Italian), w świetle (Polish), à luz de (Portuguese), em vista de (Portuguese), în lumina (Romanian), в све́те (v svéte) (Russian), в виду́ того́, что (v vidú tovó, što) (Russian), en vista de (Spanish), ışığında (Turkish), ışığı altında (Turkish), yn sgil (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-in_light_of-en-prep-Po0jzhfm Categories (other): American English, Australian English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal prepositions, English prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal prepositions: 71 29 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'given, considering': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic) because of, as a result of Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-in_light_of-en-prep-wg3zaAjo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: in view of Related terms: bearing in mind, in lieu of

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