sake
/ˈseɪ̯k/
sake noun: cause, interest or account. Also the alternative spelling of saké.
Noun
sake (plural sakes)
- Cause, interest or account.
- For the sake of argument
- I hope you're right, for all our sakes!
- Purpose or end; reason.
- for old times' sake
- It's not worth risking your life for the sake of getting there a few minutes earlier.
- The benefit or regard of someone or something.
- Ne ãd except thoſe dayes ſhulde be ſhoꝛtened / ſhulde no fleſſe be faved: Butt foꝛ the choſens ſake thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhoꝛtened.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxiiij:[22], folio xxxiiij, verso
- When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
- And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:17
Also used as
sake is also the alternative spelling of saké.
sake meaning in Arabic
sake in Arabic
- cause, interest or account
- غاية ḡāya, غَرَض ḡaraḍ, قَصْد qaṣd, مَصْلَحَة maṣlaḥa
Examples of sake in a sentence
- We must try to save our marriage for the sake of our children.
- We're keeping our marriage going for the sake of the kids, but really it's over.
- For God's sake man, stop panicking and get a grip of yourself!
Forms of sake
| plural | sakes |
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Origin of sake
From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.
Words formed from sake
- saketini
- art for art's sake
- atsake
- for any sake
- for Christ's sake
- for cripes' sake
- for cripes sake
- for fuck's sake
- for fudge's sake
- for Goddess's sake
- for God's sake
- for goodness' sake
- for gosh sake
- for heaven's sake
- for land's sake
- for land's sake alive
- for mercy's sake
- for name's sake
- for old sake's sake
- for old times' sake
- for old time's sake
- for Pete's sake
- for pity's sake
- forsake
- for sake of
- for shame's sake
- for the land's sake
- for the land's sake alive
- for the sake of
- for the sake of it
- for very shame's sake
- fuck's sake
- keepsake
- land sake
- land sake alive
- land sakes
- land's sake
- land's sake alive
- looksake
- namesake
- name-sake
- sackless
- sake and soke
- unsake
- withersake
- withsake
Phrases with sake
Words that rhyme with sake
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- flake
- slake
- stake
- wake
- sheikh
- strake
- betake
- mosaic
- blake
- fake
- jake
- opaque
- forsake
- lake
- mistake
- raik
- retake
- claik
- hake
- partake
- quake
- Spirit Lake
- steak
- ache
- remake
- spake
- tea break
- wrake
- ake
- alphamosaic
- ashake
- Choctaw Lake
- crake
- Deer Lake
- demake
- eastern green drake
- glass snake
- laik
- moonquake
- Mud Lake
- nake
- overtake
- parliament cake
- prison break
- radiopaque
- rattlesnake
- reshake
- sodaic
Questions about sake
- What does sake mean?
- Sake means cause, interest or account.
- What is sake in Arabic?
- Sake in Arabic is غاية (ḡāya), غَرَض (ḡaraḍ), قَصْد (qaṣd). See Sake meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is sake?
- Sake is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sake?
- Sake is pronounced /ˈseɪ̯k/.
- What is the plural of sake?
- The plural of sake is sakes.
Words near sake in the dictionary
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