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Definition of for sake in English English dictionary

for sake of
Because of, for the sake of

She stayed home for sake of her sick friend.

forsake
To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce
forsake
{f} desert, abandon, leave; renounce, give up
forsake
{v} to leave, go away from, quit, desert, flight
for my sake
for me, for my benefit
for one's sake
for one's benefit, for one's good, for one's welfare
forsake
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
forsake
disapproval If you forsake someone, you leave them when you should have stayed, or stop you helping them or looking after them. I still love him and I would never forsake him
forsake
If you forsake something, you stop doing it, using it, or having it. He doubted their claim to have forsaken military solutions to the civil war
forsake
To renounce; to reject; to refuse
forsake
To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity
forsake
To abandon
for sake

    Turkish pronunciation

    fôr seyk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfôr ˈsāk/ /ˈfɔːr ˈseɪk/

    Etymology

    [ f&r, (')for, Southern a ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro, Old English faran to go; more at FARE.

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