WHEREFORE meaning: Reason or cause for something

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word wherefore:

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wherefore: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wherefore: Merriam-Webster
wherefore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
wherefore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
wherefore: Collins English Dictionary
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Wherefore, wherefore: Wordnik
wherefore: Wiktionary
wherefore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
wherefore: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
wherefore: Infoplease Dictionary
wherefore: Dictionary.com
Wherefore: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
wherefore: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
wherefore: Rhymezone
Wherefore: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
wherefore: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
wherefore: FreeDictionary.org
wherefore: Mnemonic Dictionary
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wherefore: Legal dictionary

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wherefore: Idioms

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wherefore: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  (conjunctive, interrogative, archaic) Why, for what reason, because of what.
▸ adverb:  (conjunctive, indicative, archaic or formal) Therefore; thus.
▸ noun:  An intent or purpose; a why.

Similar:

wherefor, why, for why, whereto, whyever, therefore, wherefrom, whence, whereunto, whereof, more...

Opposite:

therefore, thus, hence

Adjectives:

and, illative, ultimate, active, great

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