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because definition

be·cause (bē kôz′, -kuz′; bi-)

conjunction

  1. for the reason or cause that; on account of the fact that; since
  2. the reason that; that: used to introduce a noun clause

Etymology: ME bi cause < bi, by + cause

because Idioms

because of

by reason of; on account of

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because Synonyms

because

conj.

on account of, in consequence of, in view of, by reason of, for the reason that, for the sake of, in behalf of, on the grounds that, in the interest of, as a result of, as things go, by virtue of, in that, since, as, by the agency of, owing to, due to*, being as how*; see also since 1.


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because quotes

Because it's there.

-Mallory, George Leigh

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