because

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 York for the West.

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.

So that, in order that.

Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.

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.

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".