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How to pronounce because
Say it like this: /bɪkəz/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does because mean?
conjBy or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
“I hid myself because I was afraid.”
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
“It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.”
So that, in order that.
advOn account, for sake [with of].
“My life is ruined because of you!”
For the reason [with that].
“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.”
intjUsed 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".
prepOn account of, because of.
“It doesn't work because reasons.”
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