conjunction
1 used to compare or contrast two facts:
Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. * We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy.
2 (law) used at the beginning of a sentence in an official document to mean 'because of the fact that...'
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for whereas is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does whereas appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — whereas appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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