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Because
Definitions
- 1 On account, for sake [with of]. not-comparable
"My life is ruined because of you!"
- 2 For the reason [with that]. not-comparable, obsolete
"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."
- 1 By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
"I hid myself because I was afraid."
- 2 As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
"It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened."
- 3 So that, in order that. obsolete
"Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it."
- 1 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".
- 1 On account of, because of. Internet, colloquial
"He rejected me because revenge, I guess."
Etymology
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
See also for "because"
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