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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Please I want to ask about the meaning of (seeing that ) and its use ?
  

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"seeing that" (also "seeing as") means "taking into account the fact that", "considering/noting the fact that", "since" or "because". 4 -- means that these choices of camera are determined or suggested by the budget of $1500. Seeing that I got my exam results yesterday, I thought that I would send you an email.

— Mr Wordy

  • "seeing that" (also "seeing as") means "taking into account the fact that", "considering/noting the fact that", "since" or "because".
  • 4 -- means that these choices of camera are determined or suggested by the budget of $1500.
  • Seeing that I got my exam results yesterday, I thought that I would send you an email.
  • -- means that the email was prompted by the receipt of the exam results.
  • That's the figurative use, which I assume is what you're interested in.
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"seeing that" (also "seeing as") means "taking into account the fact that", "considering/noting the fact that", "since" or "because". A couple of a randomly Googled examples:

Seeing that I'm planning on spending around $1500 I was considering either getting the Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 zoom or the Nikon 85mm f 1.4 -- means that these choices of camera are determined or suggested by the
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