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because
- /bɪkəz/
- /bɪˈkɒz/
- /bɪˈkʌz/
- /bɪˈkɔːz/ dated
- /bɪˈkɔːs/
- [bɪˈkɵz] British, Southern, Standard
- /biˈkɔz/
- /biˈkʌz/
- /bəˈkɔz/
- /bəˈkʌz/
- /bɪˈkɔz/
- /bɪˈkɑz/
- /bəˈkoːz/
- /biːˈkoːz/
- /bɪˈkeɪz/
Rhymes with -ɒz, -ʌz, -ɔːz, -ɔːs
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bi
Proto-West Germanic *bī
Old English bī
Middle English by
Proto-Italic *kaussā
Old Latin caussa
Latin causabor.
Old French causebor.
Middle English cause
Middle English bi cause
English because
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
conjunction bycause · becos · 'cause · cause · cos · cuz
- By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. I hid myself because I was afraid.
- As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that. It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
- So that, in order that. Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
Similar: since, for, for that, on account of, forthy, for sake, forwhy, as, inasmuch as, sith, ∵, as long as
adverb bycause · becos · 'cause · cause · cos · cuz
- On account, for sake [with of]. My life is ruined because of you!
- For the reason [with that]. And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God created and made.
interjection bycause · becos · 'cause · cause · cos · cuz
- Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
preposition bycause · becos · 'cause · cause · cos · cuz
- On account of, because of. He rejected me because revenge, I guess.
