Meanings
- To the extent that.
She helped us insofar as she was able.
4 more examples
Insofar as it expresses an expansion in physical plant, it ought to make possible the production of more goods.
1922 (June 7), G.S., "Can a Living Wage Be Paid?", Correspondence, The New Republic 31 (no. 392): 50Hasidism, insofar as it was new—and not all of Hasidism was "new" in this sense—rejected the older hierarchies of celestial palaces, of Intelligences, of hypostases, of sefirot.
1982, David R. Blumenthal, Understanding Jewish Mysticism, volume II, page 195Insofar as possible, the current edition of a publication is annotated in part 3.
1996, “National Science Education Standards”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 133She cites other scholars' work only insofar as it supports her own theories.
Synonyms: inasmuch as, in that, insomuch that
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionTo the extent that.
Translations
Ancient Greek ᾗ
- ᾗ (hēî)to the extent that
Arabic عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا, بِقَدْرِ مَا
- عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا (ʕalā qadri mā)to the extent that
- بِقَدْرِ مَا (biqadri mā)to the extent that
Czech do té míry
- do té míryto the extent that
Danish for så vidt
- for så vidtto the extent that
Finnish siinä määrin kuin, siltä osin kuin
- siinä määrin kuinto the extent that
- siltä osin kuinto the extent that
French dans la mesure où
- dans la mesure oùto the extent that
German soweit, soviel
- soweitto the extent that
- sovielto the extent that
Greek στο βαθμό που
- στο βαθμό που (sto vathmó pou)to the extent that
Hungarian amennyiben, amennyire
- amennyibento the extent that
- amennyireto the extent that
Italian nella misura in cui
- nella misura in cuito the extent that
Latin ex parte
- ex parteto the extent that
Norwegian i den grad
- i den gradto the extent that
Persian تاآنجاکه
- تاآنجاکهto the extent that
Polish o tyle, o ile
- o tyle, o ileto the extent that
Portuguese enquanto
- enquantoto the extent that
Romanian în măsura în care
- în măsura în careto the extent that
Russian постольку поско́льку, наско́лько
- постольку поско́льку (postolʹku poskólʹku)to the extent that
- наско́лько (naskólʹko)to the extent that
Spanish en la medida en que, en tanto en cuanto
- en la medida en queto the extent that
- en tanto en cuantoto the extent that
- en la medida queto the extent that
Swedish såtillvida
- såtillvidato the extent that
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