because
Part of speech: conj
adv
intj
prep
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: bycause
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: becos
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: 'cause
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: cause
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: cos
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: cuz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: coz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: 'cos
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: 'cuz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: 'coz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: b/c
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bc
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bcos
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bcoz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bcs
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bcz
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bcus
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: ∵
pos: conj
tags: alternative
form: bycause
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: becos
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 'cause
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: cause
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: cos
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: cuz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: coz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 'cos
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 'cuz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 'coz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: b/c
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bc
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bcos
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bcoz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bcs
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bcz
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bcus
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: ∵
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: bycause
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: becos
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: 'cause
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: cause
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: cos
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: cuz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: coz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: 'cos
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: 'cuz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: 'coz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: b/c
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bc
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bcos
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bcoz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bcs
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bcz
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bcus
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ∵
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bycause
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: becos
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: 'cause
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: cause
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: cos
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: cuz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: coz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: 'cos
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: 'cuz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: 'coz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: b/c
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bc
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bcos
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bcoz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bcs
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bcz
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: bcus
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: ∵
pos: prep
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
pos: conj
examples: 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 York for the West.
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.
“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
gloss: As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
pos: conj
examples: 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.
gloss: So that, in order that.
pos: conj
tags: obsolete
examples: Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
gloss: On account, for sake [with of].
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: My life is ruined because of you!
gloss: For the reason [with that].
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: 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".
pos: intj
gloss: On account of, because of.
pos: prep
tags: Internet
colloquial
examples: 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 language writer Stan Carey delightfully sums it up: “‘Because’ has become a preposition, because grammar.”
Synonyms: 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
sithence
when
Antonyms: even though
Related words: because of
cause
therefore
Derived words: because is why
because you touch yourself at night
for because
becauseness
because of
because one can
just because
no because
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