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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

quant à

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kã ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quoad/ˈkwʊ.æd/
adverbprepositionCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Quant à cette clause, le contrat reste valide."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    As far as; with respect or regard to (used mainly in legal or formal contexts).

    "The contract is valid quoad the first clause, but void regarding the second."
As preposition
  1. 1

    Concerning or as to.

    "He acted quoad his authority under the previous administration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived directly from Latin, where 'quoad' means 'as far as', 'as regards', or 'with respect to'. It entered specialized English legal and academic discourse during the early modern period as a borrowing from Latin legal maxims and theological arguments.

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