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for the sake of

for the sake of prepositional phrase: because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

Prepositional phrase

for the sake of

  1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.
    • Release this man, for the sake of justice!
    • The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.1958 November, “The Why and the Wherefore: South Eastern & Chatham Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 809

for the sake of meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic

for the sake of in Tamil

because of
பொருட்டு poruṭṭu

for the sake of in Urdu

واسطے

for the sake of in Punjabi

because of
ਬਰਾਏ barāē, ਲਈ laī

for the sake of in Arabic

because of
مِن أَجْلِ min ʔajli
More languagesFewer languages
for the sake of in Persian
بخاطر be-xâter, به جهت be jehat, برای barâye

Forms of for the sake of

alternative formfor sake of
alternative formfor something's sake

Words formed from for the sake of

Questions about for the sake of

What does for the sake of mean?
For the sake of means because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.
What is for the sake of in Tamil?
For the sake of in Tamil is பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu). See For the sake of meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is for the sake of?
For the sake of is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the sake of in the dictionary

  1. for the nonce
  2. for the plot
  3. for the present
  4. for the record
  5. for the rest
  6. for the sake of
  7. for the taking
  8. for the time
  9. for the time being
  10. for the want of
  11. for the win

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for the sake of (page history and authors); for the sake of (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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