because

/bɪkəz/

conj 3adv 2intj 1prep 1

Collocations

ADJ.

afraid, alone, aware, essential, future, greedy, lazy, lesser

She didn't go to the party because she was afraid of seeing her ex there.

VERB + BECAUSE

amend, aren't, break, can't, go, going, hid, ruined

BECAUSE + NOUN

girl, i'm, i've, noise, revenge, self-fertilization, shoes, you're

I didn't go to the party because the noise would have given me a headache.

PREP.

during, in, in, off, within

She couldn't go to the party because of the bad weather during the storm.

ADV.

really

I didn't go to the party last night because I was really tired from work.

Definitions

conj

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.

adv

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.

intj

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".

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I hid myself because I was afraid.

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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 ano

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My life is ruined because of you!

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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.

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He rejected me because revenge, I guess.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, because is marked as obsolete, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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