conjunction · neutral
seeing that
/ˈsiːɪŋ ðæt/SEE·ing·that
since; considering that (used to introduce an obvious or accepted reason)
Examples
“Seeing that you have finished early, you can help the others.”
“Seeing that it was his birthday, they organised a small party.”
“Seeing that the data are inconsistent, the team decided to re-run the tests.”
Band 8 sentence
“Seeing that the preliminary results were inconclusive, the researchers extended the study period.”
Collocations
- seeing that + clause
- Seeing that + subject + verb, ...
Word family
Common mistakes
Seeing that he late, we left without him.→Seeing that he was late, we left without him.
We cancelled seeing that of the rain.→We cancelled the event seeing that it was raining.
Say it for a higher band
5as→6seeing that→7+seeing that
Synonyms
as
Easily confused
inasmuch as
“Seeing that you're free this weekend, would you like to join us?”
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