because

because
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adv. by reason of, owing to, on account of. —conj. since, for, for the reason that, as. See cause, reasoning.
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(Roget's IV) conj.
Syn. on account of, in consequence of, in view of, by reason of, for the reason that, for the sake of, in behalf of, on the grounds that, in the interest of, as a result of, as things go, by virtue of, in that, since, as, by the agency of, owing to, due to*, being as how*; see also since 1 .

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  • Because — is often used in connection with causality. The mathematical symbol for because is (∵) This is Unicode character U+2235.Artistic works entitled Because: * Because (Perry Como song) * Because (The Beatles song) * Because , a song by the Dave Clark …   Wikipedia

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  • Because — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Because» Canción de The Beatles Álbum Abbey Road Publicación 26 de septiembre de 1969 …   Wikipedia Español

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