Meanings
alternative for some reason or other
- Expressing uncertainty for the cause or justification of some event or happening.
Ripper says, “Men do seem to like her for some reason.” Myrtle responds sarcastically, “I can think of three reasons—38- 24-36. Yiish!”
2013, Tom Lisanti, Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties, →ISBN2 more examples
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCNow when I was a kid I had a bike with a banana seat, but for some reason, as you get older, and you get bikes, it's like you can never go back to those awesome seats of yore.
2022 June 14, “Tesla Split and Cybertruck Details”, in Tesla Time News
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Dutch om een of andere reden
- om een of andere redenTranslations
Finnish jostain syystä, jonkin takia
- jostain syystäTranslations
- jonkin takiaTranslations
French pour une raison ou pour une autre, pour une raison que j'ignore
- pour une raison ou pour une autreTranslations
- pour une raison que j'ignoreTranslations
- bizarrementTranslations
- pour on ne sait quelle raisonTranslations
- allez savoir pourquoiTranslations
German irgendwie, aus irgendeinem Grund
- irgendwieTranslations
- aus irgendeinem GrundTranslations
Hungarian valamiért
- valamiértTranslations
Polish nie wiedzieć czemu
- nie wiedzieć czemuTranslations
Portuguese por algum motivo
- por algum motivoTranslations
Russian почему́-то, по како́й-то причи́не
- почему́-то (počemú-to)Translations
- по како́й-то причи́не (po kakój-to pričíne)Translations
Swedish av någon anledning
- av någon anledningTranslations
Tamil ஏனோ
- ஏனோ (ēṉō)Translations
Turkish nedense
- nedenseTranslations
Ukrainian чому́сь, з яко́їсь причи́ни
- чому́сь (čomúsʹ)Translations
- з яко́їсь причи́ни (z jakójisʹ pryčýny)Translations
Cite this entry
for some reason. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20some%20reason
“for some reason.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20some%20reason. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for some reason,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20some%20reason.
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