English Explanatory Dictionary

for that

English dictionary entry

Meanings

conj
  1. Because.

Pronunciation

en-us-for that.ogg

Word forms

for that

Etymology

From Middle English for that, from an alteration of Old English for þon (þe), with the instrumental demonstrative pronoun þon replaced by nominative/accusative þæt due to levelling of the Old English declensional system in Middle English. Equivalent to for (“because of”) + that. Compare forthan, a parallel descendant of the same construction without the declensional levelling.

Synonyms

as given that since
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