Home › Words › W › whereaswhereas/wɛəɹˈaz/whereas means where (that).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, whereas ranks #2,167 of 42,747 for Qualifying.whereas is pronounced /wɛəɹˈaz/.EtymologyFrom where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.advWhere (that).e.g.“And home she came, whereas her mother blynd / Sate in eternall night […]” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iii:conjIn contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.e.g.“He came first in the race, whereas his brother came last.”It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)nounA clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.e.g.“[…]the promise is stated after a whereas, though the promise is the very gist of the action, yet, such a count so framed, will be held good on demurrer.” — 1883, The Insurance Law Journal, Potter and Company:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).