Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- conj. For the reason that; since.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- By reason (of); on account (of): followed by of.
- For the sake (of); in order (to).
- For the reason (that); since.
- To the end that; in order that.
- Synonyms See since.
Wiktionary
- adv. archaic For the reason (that).
- adv. On account (of), for sake (of).
- adv. Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", often taken as an ellipsis of "Because I said so".
- conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- conj. As known because; as inferred because; as determined because.
GNU Webster's 1913
- conj. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- conj. obsolete In order that; that.
Etymologies
- From Middle English bi cause = bi ("by") + cause, modelled on Old French par cause (Wiktionary)
- Middle English; see because of. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“INSKEEP: Was that because studio time is expensive or because� (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. AUERBACH: That's because, you know, we're cheap.”
“On his second day in office, President Obama repudiated George W. Bushs obsessive and destructive secrecy by ordering his government to obey the Freedom of Information Act. He said it should not withhold documents because they are embarrassing, or reveal failures and errors, or because of speculative or abstract fears.”
“Just to clarify, I think that Rose and Donna and Martha, and Mickey, and Jack are special *because* of all of those things they do with their 'ordinary' human bravery and cleverness, which is why the s1 and s4 finales bother me, because they leave us with the inadvertent implication that to be really special, you have to be like a Time Lord.”
“The idea that women are uniquely civilizing is absolutely sexist by any definition because it assumes that men need civilizing *because* they are men.”
“Moreover, precisely because we have introduced the conjunction ˜because™ as an explanatory conjunction, it may be felt that it is not well-suited to the ontological role now being devised for it.”
“She can't find a job..because the reason she has left her other jobs is because of a military move.”
“America needs a change in currency policy because, although a weak dollar helps exports because it lowers the price of American goods for foreign buyers, it will eventually bring negative consequences to the economy in general because a weak dollar, an unstable dollar, makes America less attractive to foreign investment.”
“This is because of stuff I've said elsewhere -- games are powerful and compelling *because* they're so much like other aspects of our lives.”
“I do hope that both systems stick it out for the long haul..mainly because I will probably get another DS sometime..because they have some good games.”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Nintendo DS vs. PlayStation Portable
“This gives rise to what is known in technical logic as the _post hoc ergo propter hoc_ fallacy; that is, the assumption that because one thing happens after another, therefore it happens _because_ of it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘because’.
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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Cause and Effect
cause, effect, final cause, telos, aitia, causation, causal, causative, causativity, causatively, teleology, télos and 3 more...
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Transitional and otherwise
then, consequently, thus, hence, so, ergo, wherefore, henceforward, to that end, to this end, accordingly, as a result and 34 more...
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Just Because
justice, Justine, just, because, because of, justiciable, justice of the peace, justin, justine, justinian, Justin, Justinian and 37 more...
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Resident Pipsiculturalist Makes Huge ...
See comments on pipsiculture and homosexuality, which have nothing to do with each other except that I read comments on them at around the same time on the same day.
See also the list ...heterosexuality, homosexuality, agriculture, argumentative, that, article, thus, make, do, the, interesting, like and 106 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Lizbt's Words
monkey, kitten, puppy, computer, screen, dalek, tardis, cute, dark, cotton, chocolate, sunshine and 125 more...
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New words, not to be confused with th...
maladroit, aphasia, delphinium, bromide, greenhorn, just deserts, loth, supplanted, steeplechase, steeple, annex, vestments and 236 more...
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b, e, d, g, p and t
decidedly, drench, defeat, delirium, deviant, distance, dimension, dust, dope, dissolve, dissipate, distortion and 63 more...
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Connectors & Transitions
Here's a lit of common expressions to make sure you show organization when elaborating on your ideas properly
although, on the other hand, to illustrate, for instance, due to the fact that, because, because of, since, due to, thus, therefore
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TN5 Lesson 55
computer, problem, Darn it!, because, article, finish, may, use, beard, available, typewriter, type and 12 more...
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Cohesion
even if, as though, when, although, because, as long as, as, until, before, than, whenever, while and 7 more...
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just saying
yeah, alas, aargh, bah, because, boo, certainly, damn, geez, grrr, hey, lame and 34 more...
Tweets
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