because
Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually…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".
» Tom is here because of me.
Tom ist wegen mir hier.
Том здесь из-за меня.
Том тут через мене.
Meaning
1 sensesUsed 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".
deshalb, darum, deswegen
потому́ чтоpotomú što
Examples
7896 sentencesTom is here because of me.
Том тут через мене. — deniko
ruТом здесь из-за меня. — odexed
deTom ist wegen mir hier. — Felixjp
Tom is here because of you.
Том тут через тебе. — deniko
We can't sleep because of the noise.
Ми не можемо спати через шум. — ChickenKiev
ruМы не можем спать из-за шума. — Hellerick
deWir können wegen des Lärms nicht schlafen. — MUIRIEL
I don't know because I wasn't there.
Я не знаю, бо мене там не було. — deniko
ruЯ не знаю, потому что я не был там. — ABChessel
deIch weiß das nicht, weil ich nicht da war. — riotlake
We were late because of the storm.
Ми спізнилися через зливу. — deniko
ruМы опоздали из-за шторма. — joulin
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
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Collocations
12 patterns- because of the
- did that because
- was late because
- because everyone else
- because everybody else
- canceled because of
- late because of
- was canceled because
- late because
- is absent because
- from school because
- go out because