How do you pronounce whereas?

The recorded pronunciation is /(h)wɛɹˈæz/.

whereas

/(h)wɛɹˈæz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: where-as
IPA: /(h)wɛɹˈæz/

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Meaning

adv

Where (that).

Obsolete

conj

In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.

conj

It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)

noun

A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.

Example Sentences

"And home she came, whereas her mother blynd / Sate in eternall night […]"
"He came first in the race, whereas his brother came last."
"One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin."
"And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union."
"[…]the promise is stated after a whereas, though the promise is the very gist of the action, yet, such a count so framed, will be held good on demurrer."
"It had a page or so of whereases."

Etymology

From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /(h)wɛɹˈæz/
British English: /wɛəɹˈaz/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

whereäs (alternative, rare) whereases (plural)

Derived Forms

otherwhereas

Phrases

1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form

Frequently Paired Words

— henceafter henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom hereabout hereabouts

Rhymes With

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