different between insofar vs because
insofar
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ns???f??(?)/
Adverb
insofar (not comparable)
- To such a degree or extent.
- the fugitive-slave act did not affect a foreign country which Virginia claimed to be and that she must reckon it one of the infelicities of her position that in so far at least she was taken at her word
- Insofar as.
Translations
References
- insofar at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Farinos
insofar From the web:
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- what does insofar mean
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- what is insofar in tagalog
- what do insofar meaning
- what does insofar
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- what is insofar in french
because
English
Alternative forms
- bycause, becos, 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcus
Etymology
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??k?z/
- (UK, dated) IPA(key): /b??k??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /bi?k?z/, /bi?k?z/, /b??k?z/
- (unstressed)
- IPA(key): /b?k?z/
- Rhymes: -?z
- Hyphenation: be?cause
- Rhymes: -??z
Adverb
because (not comparable)
- (archaic) For the reason (that).
- 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.
- 1611, Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:
- On account (of), for sake (of).
- (by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
Derived terms
- because of
- just because
Translations
Conjunction
because
- By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
- (obsolete) So that, in order that. [15th-17th c.]
Synonyms
- (for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ? (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because
Translations
Preposition
because
- (uncommon, slang, nonstandard, especially Internet) On account of, because of. [since at least the 20th century]
Derived terms
- because reasons
References
- Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause
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