Because

//bɪkəz// adv, conj, intj, prep, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    On account, for sake [with of]. not-comparable

    "My life is ruined because of you!"

  2. 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."

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

    "I hid myself because I was afraid."

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

    "It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened."

  3. 3
    So that, in order that. obsolete

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

Intj
  1. 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".
Preposition
  1. 1
    On account of, because of. Internet, colloquial

    "He rejected me because revenge, I guess."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Etymology 3

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Etymology 4

From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

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