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whereas English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word whereas once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning whereas meaning

What does whereas mean?

Definitions in simple English

whereas Preposition

— You use whereas to show a contrast between two things or ideas. Many kinds of roses have little or no scent, whereas others are well known for their beautiful smell. School A has about 25 percent Asian students, whereas for school B the Asian students make up over 60 percent of the school population. Whereas only about a third of local residents paid full rates in the past, now most adults will pay the charge.

— because of

whereas adverb

— (obsolete) Where (that).

whereas conjunction

— In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.

— it being the case that…

whereas noun

— clause

Synonyms whereas synonyms

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seeing that

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on the other hand

nevertheless

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whereat

unless

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really

owing to

on the contrary

on account of

in which

in fact

in doing so

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by contrast

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besides

because of

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as a result of

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Topics whereas topics

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Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

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• What words indicate that something is true of one person or thing, but not true of another?
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Examples whereas examples

How do I use whereas in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom smokes up to twenty cigarettes a day, whereas Mary doesn't smoke at all.

Working part-time at a supermarket, I found that some customers were polite whereas others weren't.

I am poor, whereas my brothers are very rich.

French are better gardeners than Germans: they have green hands whereas their neighbours only have green thumbs.

The natural sciences are nomothetic, whereas the humanities are idiographic.

I am a free woman anywhere, whereas you, wherever you may be, even in the highest place, are slaves.

In a town you may pass unnoticed, whereas in a village it's impossible.

She loves classical music, whereas I prefer jazz.

The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.

Life is like a box of matches - treating it too seriously is stupid, whereas being careless with it is dangerous.

The gestation period for the African bush elephant is about 669 days, whereas that for a guinea pig is only about 70 days.

Although there are so many English sentences on Tatoeba, most of them recycle the same basic words, whereas more complex words remain unrepresented.

Movie subtitles

Without any proper sewage system, medieval London stank to high heaven, whereas human excrement was routinely collected in Chinese cities and spread on outlying fields.

Whereas in China power was centralised in the hands of the emperor, in Northern Europe particularly, there was an astonishing decentralisation.

Whereas daytime. that's another matter.

Lots of people make the error of grouping Pareto and Spengler together because they both feel that democracy is through, whereas actually Spengler is the philosophical basis for Fascism.

Furthermore, no connection whatsoever has been established between Walter Neff and Mrs. Phyllis Dietrichson whereas I am now able to report that such a connection has been established between her and another man.

Whereas you're possessed of all the wisdom of the ages.

Whereas Willie Stark governor of the state has been guilty of incompetence corruption and favoritism in office and other high crimes.

Whereas if you accepted my help and agreed to call me see, all is set for the success of your great experiment.

An unseemly act tarnishes a name, but the name still remains, whereas money is more fragile.

You want the figures to prove you right and me wrong, whereas I want.

Whereas Morbius, with his artificially expanded intellect..is now ideally suited to administer this power for the whole human race.

He has his intuition. whereas we have to rely on our brains.

Whereas I only had a wife to leave.

Whereas in the new will, except for a bequest to you of a small annuity, the principal beneficiary is the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

Whereas, before i'd always dressed you up in all kinds of silly virtues.

Whereas Tom-Tom Piper has been found guilty of pignapping He will be immediately banished to Bogeyland.

Whereas, if I keep him alive.

Whereas you sound like Raimu.

And let me tell you, a bracelet hastily presented is usually selected hastily, whereas a bracelet chosen with care.

Furthermore, no connection whatsoever has been established. between Walter Neff and Mrs. Phyllis Dietrichson. whereas I am now able to report that such a connection has been established. between her and another man.

You are young to know much of women and too brave, whereas I'm a coward.

Whereas me, I've sunk so low, I should be glad to meet him.

Madam, you incarnate grace, whereas payments are hard and dry things.

Whereas history is really the synthesis of innumerable points of view. Doesn't he ever relax?

Clay pigeons make lousy soup whereas my hens will look like turkeys by election day.

Whereas I would say that I've won again.

A lovely model who cheated on me. with friends and then confessed to me in tears. whereas I had not forbidden her. to cheat but to tell me about it!

If we turn left, we get there by the other road, whereas.

He sees in the dark, whereas we need light.

Whereas they give themselves.

Whereas a poor man with something up here. may be rich tomorrow!

The truth You're making it appear as though I had a personal interest. whereas I was only collecting material for my articles, nothing else.

Whereas, in becoming the adversary of the one who will defend her, you will put me at ease.

She wants to, or she doesn't want to, which is secondary anyway, whereas the man, he has to be able to.

Whereas I want to share the joy of those who are happy, the sorrow of all those who suffer. and the anguish of those who despair.

Whereas M. Michaud, at least, is not a cad.

Yes, except that you, sir, profit from this religion by turning it into pills, serums, vaccines and other products, whereas I, sir, am true blue.

News and current affairs

Whereas the Bush administration is deploying an additional 21,000 American soldiers in Iraq, and is pushing for more allied troops in Afghanistan, America's allies are rejecting its Middle East policy.

To a large extent, Sarkozy can be seen as Chirac with more, whereas Royal is clearly Mitterrand with less.

Whereas some German companies persuaded workers to accept wage cuts to help weather the financial crisis, wages across the southern periphery have been marching steadily upwards, even as productivity has remained stagnant.

We take the peripheral route to information processing when buying, say, a toaster on a whim, whereas we take the so-called central route - thoroughly considering technical, safety, and aesthetic features - when buying a car.

But neither Perry nor Kobach is likely ever to be a US president, whereas Theodore Roosevelt was more than a partisan.

Whereas America's war in Indochina was a tragic mistake, the cost of a wider war precipitated by the crisis in Iraq would be incomparably greater - for both the patient and the doctor.

But, whereas fiscal stimulus boosts growth at home and abroad, enabling mutual reinforcement through world trade, monetary policy is guided primarily by domestic goals, and, in the short term, one country's gain can be another's loss.

Improved relations between India and the US can structure the international situation in a manner that encourages such an evolution in Chinese policy, whereas trying to isolate China would be a mistake.

Whereas tax credits point in the direction of replacement incomes, raising the minimum wage points in the opposite direction, by making income more dependent on jobs.

Today, the average South Korean has 12 years of education, whereas the average Pakistani has fewer than six.

A critic who made the same claim that economics allows only one theoretical approach would be dismissed as paranoid, whereas Rodrik's standing creates an opportunity for a debate that would not otherwise be possible.

Indeed, the historical evidence slams you over the head with the fact that, whereas government debt can drift upward inexorably for years, the end usually comes quite suddenly.

But, whereas we are likely to see a wave of defaults and IMF programs this time, too, fiscal meltdown does not have to hit every highly indebted country.

As a result, the culture of physical violence and verbal provocation that is gaining ground in Putin's Russia is deeply disturbing, whereas we tend to judge Chinese misdeeds with a greater sense of distance, if not indifference.

Europe is being cautious in the name of avoiding debt and defending the euro, whereas the US has moved on many fronts in order not to waste an ideal opportunity to implement badly needed structural reforms.

Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear - if more fragile than expected - winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.

But, whereas many rushed to see Klimov's film, Alexievich's book did not seem to excite readers.

Whereas Japan, the US, and Europe are competent at research into what is almost known, the cutting-edge science is more likely to emerge in an economy hungry for resources and infrastructure, such as China.

In principle, this should help Barack Obama and the Democrats, because polls show them stronger on economic issues, whereas Republicans and John McCain do better on security issues.

Whereas Asia played an important role in a US presidential election campaign that was marked by often-heated references to China's rise, the Middle East has kept the US bogged down for decades.

But realizing these aims requires cooperation from the government in Khartoum, whereas each of the proposed measures would only heighten tensions or prove useless.

People are asking: How is it that, after World War II, the state had enough money to provide free education, whereas today's Russian state does not?

But they are heading in opposite directions, because, whereas Pakistan understands why Asia is rising, Myanmar does not.

In America and the West, many will probably regard Rowhani as the friendly face of the Islamic Republic, whereas Ahmadinejad was its true - because more radical - embodiment.

But, whereas the Europe's bloody wars in the first half of the twentieth century have made war there unthinkable today, the wars in Asia in the second half of the twentieth century, far from settling or ending disputes, only accentuated bitter rivalries.

Whereas oil speculators have gained, both the US and global economies have suffered and been pushed closer to recession.

In the late 1990's, both economies were growing (rapidly in the Spanish case), whereas now they face hard times and a mounting risk of deflation.