- pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro1
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Saki /ˈsɑːkɪ/ n
sake1 /seɪk/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
sa•ke2 or sa•ké or sa•ki /ˈsɑki, -kɛ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- benefit or well-being:worked hard for the sake of her family.
- purpose;
end:art for art's sake.
sa•ke2 or sa•ké or sa•ki /ˈsɑki, -kɛ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
- Winea Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
sa•ki1
(sak′ē, sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
sa•ki2 (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
Sa•ki (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Mammalsany of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
- Tupi sagui
- French
- 1765–75
sa•ki2 (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
- Winesake2.
Sa•ki (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographicalpen name of H. H. Munro.
sake1
(sāk),USA pronunciation n.
sa•ke2 (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
- cause, account, interest, or benefit:for the sake of all students.
- purpose or end:for the sake of appearances.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English sacu lawsuit, cause; cognate with German Sache thing, Old Norse sǫk lawsuit; akin to seek
- 1. regard, consideration, respect. 2. reason.
sa•ke2 (sä′kē),USA pronunciation n.
- Winea Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
- Japanese sake(y), earlier *sakai
- 1680–90
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saki /ˈsɑːkɪ/ n
- any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
- another name for sake2
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sake /seɪk/ n
- benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for (someone'sorone's own) sake)
- the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of (something))
- used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etc: for heaven's sake, for pete's sake
sake, saké, saki /ˈsækɪ/ n
- a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
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