how to pronounce because

/bɪkˈɒz/

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because is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of because in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to know you more because I want to I …”

meanings of because

adverb:

On account (of), for sake (of).
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".
For the reason (that).

conjunction:

As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
So that, in order that.

preposition:

On account of, because of.

because frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word because occurs in english on average 851.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics because can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that because can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;