Phrase guide

because of

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep

Meaning 1

On account of; due to, for the purpose of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Because of being tired, she left earlier than the rest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: for sake of, by dint of, by reason of, due to, owing to

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: as gevolg van — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Afrikaans: weens — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بِسَبَب (bisabab) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بِحُكْم (biḥukm) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بِهَدَفّ (bihadaff) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بِفَضْل (bifaḍl) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: عَنّ طَرِيق (ʕann ṭarīq) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بسبب (besababb) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بسبب (bisabab) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على حق (ʕla ḥaqq) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بسبب (b-sabab) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على قبل (ʕla qibal) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على ود (ʕla wudd) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على وجه (ʕla wajh) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: من أجل (min ʔajl) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على مسبة (ʕla msabba) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بسبة (b-sabba) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: على قبل (ʕla qbul) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Arabic: بسباب (be-sbāb) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Armenian: պատճառով (patčaṙov) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Armenian: համար (hamar) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Azerbaijani: görə — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Azerbaijani: üzündən — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Azerbaijani: ucbatından — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Bashkir: арҡаһында (arqahında) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Belarusian: з-за (z-za) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Belarusian: праз (praz) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Bengali: জন্য (jonno) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Bislama: from — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Bulgarian: поради (poradi) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Bulgarian: заради (zaradi) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Burmese: ကြောင့် (kraung.) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Catalan: per culpa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Catalan: gràcies a — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 由於 /由于 (yóuyú) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基於 /基于 (jīyú) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 為了 /为了 (wèile) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Maore Comorian: ha siɓaɓu ya — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ha saɓaɓu ya — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Czech: kvůli — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Danish: på grund af — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Dutch: wegens — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Dutch: vanwege — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Esperanto: pro — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Finnish: takia — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Finnish: vuoksi — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • French: à cause de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • French: grâce à — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • French: en raison de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • West-Frisian: fanwege — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Galician: por mor de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Galician: por causa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Galician: a causa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Georgian: გამო (gamo) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • German: wegen — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • German: vor — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Greek: λόγω (lógo) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Greek: εξαιτίας (exaitías) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ancient Greek: διά (diá) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ancient Greek: ἕνεκα (héneka) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Greenlandic: pissutigalugu — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Haitian Creole: akòz — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Hebrew: בִּגְלַל — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Hungarian: miatt — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Hungarian: következtében — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Icelandic: vegna — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Icelandic: út af — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ido: pro — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Indonesian: karena — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Indonesian: lantaran — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Irish: mar gheall ar — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Italian: a causa di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Italian: per via di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Japanese: ...のせいで (... no sei de) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Japanese: のために — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Kazakh: арқасында (arqasynda) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Kikuyu: nĩ ũndũ wa — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Korean: ... 때문에 (... ttaemun-e) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Central Kurdish: لەبەر (leber) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Northern Kurdish: ji ber — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Northern Kurdish: bo xatirê — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ladino: achakes de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ladino: por modo de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ladino: por modre — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ladino: pormo — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Latin: propter — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Latin: ob — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Latin: prae — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Latvian: dēļ — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Latvian: pēc — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Macanese: pramor di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Macedonian: поради (poradi) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Maltese: minħabba f’ — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Maltese: ħabb f’ — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Maltese: talli — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Eastern Mari: верч (verč) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norman: pour l'amour de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på grunn av — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: for — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i kraft av — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: for skuld — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: som følge av — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Old English: for — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Persian: به خاطر (be xâtere) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Polish: z powodu — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Portuguese: por causa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Romanian: din cauza — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Romanian: din motive de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Romanian: pentru — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Russian: из-за (iz-za) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Russian: всле́дствие (vslédstvije) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Russian: ра́ди (rádi) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Scottish Gaelic: ri linn — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Serbo-Croatian: збо̏г — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Serbo-Croatian: zbȍg — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Slovak: kvôli — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Slovene: rȁdi — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Lower Sorbian: dla — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: a causa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: por mor de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: por causa de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: a raíz de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: en razón de — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Spanish: en razón a — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Sundanese: jalaran — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Swahili: kwa ajili ya — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Swahili: kwa sababu ya — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Swedish: på grund av — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Tagalog: dahil sa — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Tamil: பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Thai: เนื่องจาก (nʉ̂ʉang-jàak) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: -dan dolayı — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: -den dolayı — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: -tan dolayı — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: -ten dolayı — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: yüzünden — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Turkish: ötürü — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ukrainian: з-за (z-za) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ukrainian: і́з-за (íz-za) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Ukrainian: вна́слідок (vnáslidok) — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Venetan: par — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Venetan: visto che — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Vietnamese: bởi — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Volapük: sekü — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Volapük: kodü — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Walloon: a cåze di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Walloon: di cåze di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
  • Walloon: cåze di — on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of