Insofar Meaning

/ɪn.səʊˈfɑː(ɹ)/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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advTo such a degree or extent.

advInsofar as.

Insofar as we know, he is guilty.
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In our legal system, the severity of the penalty is determined ____ as the crime warrants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new tax law is fair ____ as it only affects those who earn a very high annual salary.

Univerbation of in + so + far.

"the fugitive-slave act did not affect a foreign country which Virginia claimed to be and that she must reckon it one of the infelicities of her position that in so far at least she was taken at her word" — 1861 May, Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler, letter to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Fort Monroe: Headquarters Department of Virginia, Union Army:
"Seventh: The defendant, its agents, servants and employees were negligent insofar that the trolley car was started while the plaintiff, Rose Goldman was in the act of alighting therefrom, and before she had reasonable opportunity to fully descend therefrom; insofar that the defendant, its agents, servants and employees did not take proper precaution and used reasonable care in starting the trolly car; insofar that no warning was given to the plaintiff, Rose Goldman, that the trolley car would start and by reason of the negligence of the defendant in other respects." — 1933, New York Supreme Court, page 9:
"Although the respective articles of the EEC Treaty expressly provide that all provisions including competition rules have to be applied to public enterprises in the same way as to private enterprises experience of past 20 years shows that rather little has been done insofar." — 1980, International Bar Association. Section on Business Law, International Bar Association. Conference, Codes of Conduct for Transnational Corporations, page 52:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
In our legal system, the severity of the penalty is determined ____ as the crime warrants.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new tax law is fair ____ as it only affects those who earn a very high annual salary.

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