because of
because of preposition: on account of; due to, for the purpose of.
Preposition
because of
- On account of; due to, for the purpose of.
- Because of being tired, she left earlier than the rest.
- I was at a disadvantage because of believing something to be true that is not.
- Synonyms:
- for sake of, by dint of, by reason of, due to, owing to, on account of, along of, because, as a consequence of, out of consideration for
because of meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
because of in Tamil
- on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
- பொருட்டு poruṭṭu
because of in Marathi
- because of, for sake of, for the sake of
- मुळे muḷe
because of in Bengali
- on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of
- জন্য jonno
because of in Malayalam
- because of, due to
- മൂലം mūlaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- because of in Kannada
- ಕಾರಣ kāraṇa
- because of in Odia
- ପାଇଁ pāĩ
- because of in Nepali
- निम्ति nimti
- because of in Tagalog
- dahil sa
- because of in Arabic
- بِسَبَب bisabab, بِحُكْم biḥukm, بِهَدَفّ bihadaff, بِفَضْل bifaḍl
- because of in Indonesian
- karena, lantaran
- because of in Persian
- به خاطر be xâtere
- because of in Thai
- เนื่องจาก nʉ̂ʉang-jàak
- because of in Vietnamese
- bởi
- because of in Myanmar
- ကြောင့် kraung.
Synonyms of because of
- for sake of
- by dint of
- by reason of
- due to
- owing to
- on account of
- because
- as a consequence of
- out of consideration for
- on the force of
11 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- on the grounds of
- in the interest of
- on
- for the purpose of
- in respect of
- as a result of
- for the sake of
- thanks to
- by virtue of
- in virtue of
- along of
Antonyms
Questions about because of
- What does because of mean?
- Because of means on account of; due to, for the purpose of.
- What is because of in Tamil?
- Because of in Tamil is பொருட்டு (poruṭṭu). See Because of meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is because of?
- Because of is a preposition.
Words near because of in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: because of (page history and authors); मुळे (Marathi) (page history and authors); മൂലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕಾರಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ପାଇଁ (Odia) (page history and authors); निम्ति (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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