{
    "term": "because",
    "partOfSpeech": "conjunction",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "for the reason that",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I did it because he told me to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just because I don't complain, people think I'm satisfied."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Because it was so late, he found it unacceptable to send them all away."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈkəz//bɪˈkɒz/",
                "audio": "be/because/because__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈkəz//bɪˈkɔːz/",
                "audio": "be/because/because__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from the phrase by cause, influenced by Old French par cause de ‘by reason of’."
}