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1. (n.) sake
benefit or well-being; interest; advantage:
for the sake of all students.
2. sake
purpose; end:
art for art's sake, not for any other cause.
3. (n.) sake
a mildly alcoholic Japanese beverage made from fermented rice.
Etymology: (1680–90; < Japn sake(y))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sake, interest
a reason for wanting something done
"for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
2. (noun) sake, saki, rice beer
Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
3. (noun) sake
the purpose of achieving or obtaining
"for the sake of argument"
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1. (noun) sake
for sb's sake/for the sake of sb
in order to help sb or make sb happy
I went to church for Mom's sake.
2. sake
for sth's sake/for the sake of sth
for a particular purpose
Let's pretend it's true, for the sake of discussion.
3. sake
for Heaven's/God's/goodness' sake
emphasizes your anger, annoyance, frustration, etc.
For goodness' sake - who is leading this session?
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Sake
final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health
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Sense: in order to benefit
He bought a house in the country for the sake of his wife's health.
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 Afrikaans: voordeel |
 Arabic: من أجْل، لِمَصْلَحَة |
 Bulgarian: заради |
 Brazilian: (por) causa (de) |
 Czech: v zájmu |
 German: zuliebe |
 Danish: for... skyld |
 Greek: για χάρη, προς όφελος |
 Spanish: por, por motivo de; por e |
 Estonian: tõttu |
 Farsi: براي خاطر |
 Finnish: jonkun hyväksi |
 French: dans l'intérêt de qqn |
 Hebrew: לְמַעַן |
 Hindi: के लिये |
 Croatian: radi, zbog |
 Hungarian: miatt, kedvéért |
 Indonesian: demi |
 Icelandic: vegna |
 Italian: (per amore di) |
 Japanese: ～のために |
 Korean: 위하여 |
 Lithuanian: dėl, labui |
 Latvian: dēļ; labad |
 Malay: demi |
 Dutch: in het belang van |
 Norwegian: for ... skyld |
 Polish: dla ..., przez wzgląd na |
 Persian: براي خاطر |
 Pashto: دپاره، په لحاظ، مقصد، نيك |
 Portuguese: (por) causa (de) |
 Romanian: în interesul cuiva |
 Russian: ради, для |
 Slovak: príčina, v záujme |
 Slovenian: zavoljo |
 Serbian: zarad |
 Swedish: skull: för ngns skull, av |
 Thai: เพื่อเป็นประโยชน์ต่อ |
 Turkish: ...-in iyiliği/hatırı içi |
 Taiwanese: 為了...好 |
 Ukrainian: заради; через |
 Urdu: کے واسطے |
 Vietnamese: vì ai/ cái gì |
 Chinese: 为了...好 |
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