Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction For the reason that; since.
from The Century Dictionary.
- By reason (of); on account (of): followed by of.
- For the sake (of); in order (to).
- For the reason (that); since.
- To the end that; in order that.
- Synonyms See
since .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- conjunction obsolete In order that; that.
- conjunction [Prep. phrase.] by reason of, on account of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic For the reason (that).
- adverb On account (of), for sake (of).
- adverb Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", often taken as an ellipsis of "Because I said so".
- conjunction By or for the
cause that; on thisaccount that; for thereason that. - conjunction As known because; as inferred because; as determined because.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Just to clarify, I think that Rose and Donna and Martha, and Mickey, and Jack are special *because* of all of those things they do with their 'ordinary' human bravery and cleverness, which is why the s1 and s4 finales bother me, because they leave us with the inadvertent implication that to be really special, you have to be like a Time Lord.
Rooting the Doctor 2 2009
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The idea that women are uniquely civilizing is absolutely sexist by any definition because it assumes that men need civilizing *because* they are men.
Mother-in-Law in the White House. Ann Althouse 2009
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INSKEEP: Was that because studio time is expensive or because� (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. AUERBACH: That's because, you know, we're cheap.
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INSKEEP: Was that because studio time is expensive or because� (Soundbite of laughter) Mr. AUERBACH: That's because, you know, we're cheap.
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Moreover, precisely because we have introduced the conjunction ˜because™ as an explanatory conjunction, it may be felt that it is not well-suited to the ontological role now being devised for it.
Ontological Dependence Lowe, E. Jonathan 2009
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On his second day in office, President Obama repudiated George W. Bushs obsessive and destructive secrecy by ordering his government to obey the Freedom of Information Act. He said it should not withhold documents because they are embarrassing, or reveal failures and errors, or because of speculative or abstract fears.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: NYT OP ED: Did They Miss the Memo? 2009
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She can't find a job..because the reason she has left her other jobs is because of a military move.
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America needs a change in currency policy because, although a weak dollar helps exports because it lowers the price of American goods for foreign buyers, it will eventually bring negative consequences to the economy in general because a weak dollar, an unstable dollar, makes America less attractive to foreign investment.
11/12/2007 2007
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This is because of stuff I've said elsewhere -- games are powerful and compelling *because* they're so much like other aspects of our lives.
The Magic Circle 2007
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I do hope that both systems stick it out for the long haul..mainly because I will probably get another DS sometime..because they have some good games.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Nintendo DS vs. PlayStation Portable 2005
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