sake — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Cause, interest or account.

   Examples

   For the sake of argument

   I hope you're right, for all our sakes!

2. Purpose or end; reason.

   Examples

   for old times' sake

   It's not worth risking your life for the sake of getting there a few minutes earlier.

3. The benefit or regard of someone or something.

   Examples

   Ne ãd except thoſe dayes ſhulde be ſhoꝛtened / ſhulde no fleſſe be faved: Butt foꝛ the choſens ſake thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhoꝛtened.

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   When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.

   2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]

4. Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

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   And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

1. a reason for wanting something done

   Synonyms

   interest

   Broader terms

   benefitwelfare

   Examples

   for your sake

   died for the sake of his country

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   in the interest of safety

   in the common interest

2. the purpose of achieving or obtaining

   Broader terms

   purposeintentintentionaimdesign

   Examples

   for the sake of argument

1. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

   Synonyms

   sakirice beer

   Broader terms

   alcoholalcoholic drinkalcoholic beverageintoxicantinebriant