for the sake of

prepositional phrase

Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

“Release this man, for the sake of justice!”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative for sake of · alternative for something's sake

  1. Because of; out of consideration for; in the interest of.

    Release this man, for the sake of justice!

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    The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.

    1958 November 28, “The Why and the Wherefore: South Eastern & Chatham Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 809

    We also want to stress that analytical reading is hardly ever necessary if your goal in reading is simply information or entertainment. Analytical reading is preeminently for the sake of understanding.

    1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 19

Translations

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ
  • ὑπέρ (hupér)because of
Arabic مِن أَجْلِ
  • مِن أَجْلِ (min ʔajli)because of
Bulgarian заради́, в името на
  • заради́ (zaradí)because of
  • в името на (v imeto na)because of
Catalan permor de (a)
  • permor de (a)because of
Chinese Mandarin 為了 /为了
  • 為了 /为了 (wèile)because of
Czech kvůli
  • kvůlibecause of
Dutch ter wille van, omwille van
  • ter wille vanbecause of
  • omwille vanbecause of
Esperanto pro, por
  • probecause of
  • porbecause of
Finnish nimessä, vuoksi
  • nimessäbecause of
  • vuoksibecause of
  • takiabecause of
  • tähdenbecause of
French pour l'amour de, dans l'intérêt de
  • pour l'amour debecause of
  • dans l'intérêt debecause of
  • au nom debecause of
German wegen, um ... willen
  • wegenbecause of
  • um ... willenbecause of
  • halberbecause of
Hebrew לְמַעַן, לִכְבוֹד
  • לְמַעַן (l'máan)because of
  • לִכְבוֹד (likh'vód)because of
Hungarian érdekében, kedvéért
  • érdekébenbecause of
  • kedvéértbecause of
  • végettbecause of
  • tekintettelbecause of
Irish de gheall ar, as ucht
  • de gheall arbecause of
  • as uchtbecause of
  • ar sonbecause of
  • ar scáthbecause of
  • ar mhaithe lebecause of
  • de ghrábecause of
Italian per il bene di
  • per il bene dibecause of
Japanese ...のために, ...の為に
  • ...のためにbecause of
  • ...の為にbecause of
Korean 을 위해서, 때문에
  • 을 위해서 (-eul wihaeseo)because of
  • 때문에 (ttaemun-e)because of
Persian بخاطر, به جهت
  • بخاطر (be-xâter)because of
  • به جهت (be jehat)because of
  • برای (barâye)because of
Polish na, dla
  • nabecause of
  • dlabecause of
Portuguese pelo bem de
  • pelo bem debecause of
Punjabi ਬਰਾਏ, ਲਈ
  • ਬਰਾਏ (barāē)because of
  • ਲਈ (laī)because of
Romanian de dragul
  • de dragulbecause of
Russian ра́ди, для
  • ра́ди (rádi)because of
  • для (dlja)because of
Scottish Gaelic airson, son
  • airsonbecause of
  • sonbecause of
  • air sgàthbecause of
Slovak kvôli
  • kvôlibecause of
Spanish por amor a, en el nombre de
  • por amor abecause of
  • en el nombre debecause of
  • en aras debecause of
  • en pro debecause of
Tamil பொருட்டு, -க்காக
  • பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu)because of
  • -க்காக (-kkāka)because of
Turkish uğruna
  • uğrunabecause of
Ukrainian зара́ди, для
  • зара́ди (zarády)because of
  • для (dlja)because of
Welsh er mwyn
  • er mwynbecause of
Yiddish לכּבֿוד
  • לכּבֿוד (lekoved)because of
Cite this entry
APA

for the sake of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20sake%20of

MLA

“for the sake of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20sake%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for the sake of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20sake%20of.

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