because

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

Adverb

  1. On account, for sake [with of].
    • My life is ruined because of you!
  2. 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. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. 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.

Forms

bycause becos 'cause cause cos cuz coz 'cos 'cuz 'coz b/c bc bcos bcoz bcs bcz bcus ∵

Derived

becauseness because of because one can just because no because

Conjunction

  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
    • I hid myself because I was afraid.
    • I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New...
    • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. -...
  2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
    • It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
    • I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.
  3. So that, in order that.
    • Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it. - 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John...

Forms

bycause becos 'cause cause cos cuz coz 'cos 'cuz 'coz b/c bc bcos bcoz bcs bcz bcus ∵

Synonyms

therefore since for for that on account of forthy for sake forwhy as inasmuch as sith ∵ as long as because being being as being that due to the fact that forasmuch as given that in regard in that now that seeing that

Antonyms

even though

Hyponyms

assuming if if and only if only if provided provided that providing so long as

Related

because of cause therefore

Derived

because is why because you touch yourself at night for because

Interjection

  1. 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".

Forms

bycause becos 'cause cause cos cuz coz 'cos 'cuz 'coz b/c bc bcos bcoz bcs bcz bcus ∵

Preposition

  1. On account of, because of.
    • He rejected me because revenge, I guess.
    • It doesn't work because reasons.
    • You probably know it better, however, as explanation by way of Internet—explanation that maximizes efficiency and irony in equal measure. I'm late because YouTube. You're reading this because procrastination. As the...

Forms

bycause becos 'cause cause cos cuz coz 'cos 'cuz 'coz b/c bc bcos bcoz bcs bcz bcus ∵

Derived

because reasons