Definition of SAKE

sake

Plural: sakes

Noun

  • Purpose, reason, or benefit; interest or advantage.
  • a reason for wanting something done
    • "for your sake"
    • "died for the sake of his country"
  • Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
  • the purpose of achieving or obtaining
    • "for the sake of argument"
  • cause, interest or account
  • purpose or end; reason
  • the benefit or regard of someone or something
  • contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
  • Alternative spelling of saké.

Examples

  • For goodness sake, just play a word already!
  • For old times' sake
  • For the sake of argument

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”).
Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

Synonyms

interest, rice beer, saki

Scrabble Score: 8

sake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

sake: valid Words With Friends Word