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by reason of

by reason of preposition: by virtue of; resulting from; because of; on account of.

Preposition

by reason of

  1. By virtue of; resulting from; because of; on account of
    • If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was...1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428

by reason of meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi and Odia

by reason of in Malayalam

by reason of
നിമിത്തം nimittaṁ

by reason of in Kannada

ಆಕಾರಣದಿಂದ, ಅದುಕಾರಣ

by reason of in Punjabi

By reason of, by means of, on account of
ਕਰਕੇ karke

by reason of in Odia

by reason of
ଦ୍ୱାରା -dwara

Questions about by reason of

What does by reason of mean?
By reason of means by virtue of; resulting from; because of; on account of.
What is by reason of in Malayalam?
By reason of in Malayalam is നിമിത്തം (nimittaṁ). See By reason of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is by reason of?
By reason of is a preposition.

Words near by reason of in the dictionary

  1. by one's lonesome
  2. by one's own hand
  3. by oneself
  4. by owner
  5. by rail
  6. by reason of
  7. by return
  8. by return mail
  9. by return of post
  10. by right
  11. by right of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by reason of (page history and authors); നിമിത്തം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); by reason of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਰਕੇ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଦ୍ୱାରା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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