Because

Alternative forms

 * cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, 'cause, b/c

Etymology
From bi cause: = bi: + cause:, modelled on  par cause:

Adverb

 * 1)  For the reason (that).
 * 2) * 1611, Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:
 * And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
 * 1) On account (of), for sake (of).
 * I ruined my life because of you!

Derived terms

 * because of

Conjunction

 * 1) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
 * I hid myself because I was afraid.
 * 1) As known because; as inferred because; as determined because.
 * It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
 * He's not a nice guy, because he yells at people for no reason.
 * 1)  So that, in order that.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.2:
 * Simon [...] set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.

Synonyms

 * therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy, as, inasmuch as, ∵

Interjection

 * "Daddy, why is the sky blue?" / "Well, because the sky .... Because the light .... Because the air .... Just because!"
 * "Daddy, why is the sky blue?" / "Well, because the sky .... Because the light .... Because the air .... Just because!"

Thesaurus
as, as long as, as things go, being, being as how, cause, considering, for, forasmuch as, in that, inasmuch as, insofar as, insomuch as, now, parce que, seeing, seeing as how, seeing that, since, whereas

Adverb

 * Arabic: بسبب
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: защото, поради
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Greek: εξαιτίας
 * Jamaican Creole: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Conjunction

 * Afrikaans: ; aangesien
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: لأن
 * Egyptian Arabic: ,
 * Moroccan Arabic: ,
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: מטל (meṬul)
 * Syriac: ܡܛܠ (meṬul)
 * Armenian: որովհետև (vorovhetev), քանզի (k'anzi), քանի որ (k'ani vor)
 * Bengali: কারণ
 * Breton: peogwir, abalamour ma, en abeg ma, rak ma
 * Bulgarian: защото, тъй като, понеже
 * Catalan:, ja que, , puix, puix que
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, seepärast
 * Ewe: elabena
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: იმიტომ რომ, რადგანაც
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Hebrew: כי (ki); בגלל (biglál)
 * Hindi: क्योंकि
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: vegna þess,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: mar gheall ar
 * Italian:
 * Irish: mar gheall ar
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, ,  ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: -이기 때문에 (-igi ttaemune)
 * Kurdish: çimkî, ji ber ku, ,
 * Latin:, , , ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:, todėl, kad
 * Low German: ümdat, dor
 * Malay: ,
 * Mongolian: ягаад гэвэл
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Old English:, , forþon þe
 * Persian: زیرا, چونکه, چون, بدلیل
 * Pitjantjatjara: -nguru, -languru, panya
 * Polish:, , dlatego że, gdyż
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: pentru că, din cauză că, datorită
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oir
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pretože
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ya que
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, , тому що, так як, оскiльки, адже, внаслiдок, унаслiдок
 * Urdu: کیونکہ
 * Vietnamese: tại vì,, bởi vì
 * Walloon: paski, ca
 * Welsh: achos
 * West Frisian: meidat, omdat, mei't, om't
 * Vietnamese: tại vì,, bởi vì
 * Walloon: paski, ca
 * Welsh: achos
 * West Frisian: meidat, omdat, mei't, om't


 * Finnish: ,


 * Scottish Gaelic: oir