because
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[edit] English
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| between | face | tell | #175: because | few | whom | love |
[edit] Etymology
Originally two words, corresponding to by + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒz
- Hyphenation: be·cause
[edit] Adverb
because (not comparable)
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- (archaic) For the reason (that).
- 1611: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. — Genesis 2.iii (King James Bible)
- On account (of).
- I ruined my life because of you!
[edit] Conjunction
because
- By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- I hid myself because I was afraid.
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[edit] Related terms
- why
- because of (prepositional phrase)
- 'cos

