forasmuch as
UK/fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ æz/
forasmuch as conjunction: inasmuch as, because, since.
Conjunction
forasmuch as
- Inasmuch as, because, since.
- But, that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.1859, Charles Dickens, “The Period”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book I (Recalled to Life), page 2
- Synonyms:
- as, given that, seeing that, as long as, because, being, being as, being that, due to the fact that, for
- So far as; with regard to so much as.
Synonyms of forasmuch as
- as
- given that
- seeing that
- as long as
- because
- being that
- due to the fact that
- for
- forthy
- in that
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Questions about forasmuch as
- What does forasmuch as mean?
- Forasmuch as means inasmuch as, because, since.
- What part of speech is forasmuch as?
- Forasmuch as is a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce forasmuch as?
- Forasmuch as is pronounced /fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ æz/ (UK).
Words near forasmuch as in the dictionary
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