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Meaning of because

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

because

Pronunciation:/bɪˈkɒz//biˈkɔz/

adverb

Definitions

  1. For the reason (that).

  2. On account (of), for sake (of).

    Example: My life is ruined because of you!

  3. (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

preposition

Definitions

  1. On account of, because of.

conjunction

Definitions

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

    Example: I hid myself because I was afraid.

  2. As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

    Example: I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.

  3. So that, in order that.