QUA

Definition: QUA

QUA

Conjunction

1. In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "QUA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Qua \Qua\, conjunction. [Latin expression, abl. of qui who.]. (Websters 1913)

Conditions

Clauses, provisions; proviso; (qualification); covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non; casus foederris.

Importance

Great thing, great point; main chance, "the be all and the end all "; cardinal point; substance, gist; (essence); sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils; (life);cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card; (device); salient points.

Marriage

Phrase: the gray mare the better horse; " a world-without-end bargain "; "marriages are made in Heaven "; " render me worthy of this noble wife "; si qua voles apte nubere nube pari.

Qualification

Condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision, specification, sine qua non; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount; restriction; fine print.

Requirement

Noun: requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency,pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death.

Crosswords: QUA

Italian (here, hither, over here, this way, thisway), Latin (all that, anybody, anyone, anything, anything that, by which route, BY WHOM she was advised, everyone who, one or another, someone, something, what, what kind of, what man, what thing, whatever, where, which, which one, who), Vietnamese (across, thro, through).

Di qua di l� del piave (1953)

Figaro l� Figaro qua (1950)

Eccomi qua (2003)

Qua la mano (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• ��á�ng mãay qua xâ� tuyâãet (reference)

• Catena Hauniensis in Ecclesiasten : in qua saepe exegesis servatur Dionysii Alexandrini (reference)

• Ce Qua Vu Le Vent Douest (reference)

• El Dia Qua El Ermadillo Vio Su Sombra (reference)

• Sine Qua Nun (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Officina Pharmaceutica Dietericiana, qua est Norinbergae, ad Insigne stellae Aureae, in Platea, ut vocant, Vietorum. / P. Decker del. H. Bolman Scul. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "QUA": si qua voles apte nubere nube pari ♦ sine qua non. Additional references.

Beginning with "QUA": Qua-bird, qua-quer-go, Qua-stu.

Albanian

si (as, for, how, like, si, such as). (various references)

Bulgarian 

като (after, as, for, like, on the order of, such as, when), в качеството си на. (various references)

Chinese 

必不可少組成 (absolute necessity, sine qua non). (various references)

Czech

jakožto. (various references)

Danish

noedvendig betingelse (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition), conditio sine qua non (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition). (various references)

Dutch

noodzakelijke voorwaarde (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition), conditio sine qua non (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition). (various references)

French

considéré comme. (various references)

German

als (as, as if, except, for, how, inasmuch, like, once, such as, than, when). (various references)

Greek 

εκ των ων ουκ ανευ (sine qua non), εκ των ουκ ανεύ (sine qua non), απαραίτητη συνθήκη (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition), απαραίτητη προϋπόθεση (conditio sine qua non, indispensable condition). (various references)

Hungarian

mint (as, as numerous as the sands on the sea-shore, double as long as, have no concern but, his one thought is, how, like, nor, same as, so much as, such as, than, to be by the way of being sg, to be no better than, to be not so much a writer as a scholar, to be not such a fool as people make out, to earn one's keep, to get on like a house on fire, to lead a dog's life, to live under warmer skies than, to sleep like a log, to sleep like a top). (various references)

Italian

in quanto (inasmuch). (various references)

Pig Latin

aquay

Portuguese

na qualidade de (as, such a), enquanto (as, for, for as much as, inasmuch, insofar, while, whiles, whilst), como (alike, as, as much as, for, how, like, such a, such as, what a, what kind of, whereby). (various references)

Romanian

ca (as, as to, for, in, like, such as, than), în calitate de (as, for, in one's capacity as). (various references)

Russian 

в качестве (as). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u svojstvu, kao (a la, as, as to, as well, like). (various references)

Spanish

en funciones de, en su condición de, como (as, by way of, how, in what way, like, such a, such as, what a). (various references)

Swedish

såsom (as, for, how, like, such as), i egenskap av (as). (various references)

Thai

ในบทบาทของ. (various references)

Turkish

sıfatıyla, olarak (as, in). (various references)

Ukrainian

як (as, how, like, than, whence, where, whereby, yak), оскільки (as, because, in that, insomuch as, whereas). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "QUA": quaalude, quaaludes, quack, quacked, quackeries, quackery, quacking, quackish, quackism, quackisms, quacks, quacksalver, quacksalvers, quad, quadded, quadding, quadplex, quadplexes, quadrangle, quadrangles, quadrangular, quadrans, quadrant, quadrantal, quadrantes, quadrants, quadraphonic, quadraphonics, quadrat, quadrate, quadrated, quadrates, quadratic, quadratically, quadratics, quadrating, quadrats, quadrature, quadratures, quadrennia, quadrennial, quadrennially, quadrennials, quadrennium, quadrenniums, quadric, quadricentennial, quadricentennials, quadriceps, quadricepses, quadrics. (additional references)

Words ending with "QUA": aqua, chautauqua, siliqua. (additional references)

Words containing "QUA": absquatulate, absquatulated, absquatulates, absquatulating, acquaint, acquaintance, acquaintances, acquaintanceship, acquaintanceships, acquainted, acquainting, acquaints, adequacies, adequacy, adequate, adequately, adequateness, adequatenesses, aliquant, antiquarian, antiquarianism, antiquarianisms, antiquarians, antiquaries, antiquark, antiquarks, antiquary, antiquate, antiquated, antiquates, antiquating, antiquation, antiquations, aquacade, aquacades, aquacultural, aquaculture, aquacultures, aquaculturist, aquaculturists, aquae, aquamarine, aquamarines, aquanaut, aquanauts, aquaplane, aquaplaned, aquaplaner, aquaplaners, aquaplanes, aquaplaning. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: aqua, quad, quag, quai, quay.

+2 letters: aquae, aquas, equal, maqui, quack, quads, quaff, quags, quail, quais, quake, quaky, quale, qualm, quant, quare, quark, quart, quash, quasi, quass, quate, quays, quean, quota, squab, squad, squat, squaw, umiaq.

+3 letters: acquit, barque, basque, buqsha, caique, calque, casque, claque, diquat, equals, equate, faquir, loquat, manque, maquis, marque, masque, opaque, plaque, quacks, quaere, quaffs, quagga, quaggy, quahog, quaich, quaigh, quails, quaint, quaked, quaker, quakes, qualia, qualms, qualmy, quango, quanta, quants, quarks, quarry, quarte, quarto, quarts, quartz, quasar, quatre, quaver, queans, queasy, queazy, quezal, quinoa, quinta, quokka, quotas, quotha, sacque, squabs, squads, squall, squama, square, squash, squats, squawk, squaws, squeak, squeal, umiaqs, yanqui.