IF IT WERE NOT FOR

Definition: IF IT WERE NOT FOR

IF IT WERE NOT FOR

1. Leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. ``Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will.'' --Sir M. Hale.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: IF IT WERE NOT FOR

English words defined with "IF IT WERE NOT FOR": Every now and then ♦ For my heart. (references)

Specialty definitions using "IF IT WERE NOT FOR": Children ever born, computer ethics ♦ Epistles ♦ Fairy ♦ generic type variable ♦ HEAD ♦ -head ♦ holder in due course, Hungarian Notation ♦ INADMISSIBLE, Individual Census Report, INSURANCE ♦ Kvikkalkul ♦ lexicographer ♦ MACROBIAN, MicroGnuEmacs ♦ netiquette ♦ Opposition ♦ partial evaluation, Plan of Campaign ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ story ♦ tenacity, TUPLE, TYMNET ♦ vaxocentrism ♦ Wrath. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: IF IT WERE NOT FOR

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		In a recent study on Franchising and the Gender Dimension, done by IFRC, they find that more women (46%) than men (25%) believe they would not be in business on their own account if it were not for franchising. (references)
Economic History	Tanzania	The total generation capacity of TANESCO is approximately 500 megawatts of mainly hydro-based power, a level that could meet the current demand if it were not for adverse weather conditions. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IF IT WERE NOT FOR

Language		Translations for "IF IT WERE NOT FOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		要不是 (but for). (various references)

Pig Latin		ifay itay ereway otnay orfay.(various references)

Romanian		dacã n-ar fi (but for him). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: IF IT WERE NOT FOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-f-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-w"
	-5 letters: forefront, forfeiter, fortifier, rewritten, winterier.
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