EGAVE

because

About 165.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. conjunction By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
    I hid myself because I was afraid.
  2. conjunction As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
    It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
  3. conjunction So that, in order that. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  4. adverb On account, for sake .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with of].
    My life is ruined because of you!
  5. adverb For the reason [with that].
  6. interjection 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".
  7. preposition On account of, because of.
    He rejected me because revenge, I guess.

Similar words

cuz therefore consequently since than after whereas now then already

Often followed by

of the it they he i we she there you

Word family

because reasons

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