Colloquial Variant guide

'cause

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

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Australian, UK: /kɔz/
Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
UK: /kɒz/
UK: /kəz/
US: kŭz
US: /kʌz/
Midland US Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɔz
rhymes with -ɒz
rhymes with -ʌz
CMU ARPABET: K AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

conj

Meaning 1

Apheretic form of because.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English cause; apheretic form of because; first used in the 15th century.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

cause — alternative
cos — alternative
'cos — alternative
cus — alternative
'cus — alternative
coz — alternative
'coz — alternative
cuz — alternative
'cuz — alternative
'cauz — alternative
cauz — alternative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening

Related: none provided

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