'cause
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, UK) IPA(key): /kɔz/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒz/; (unstressed) IPA(key): /kəz/
- (US) IPA(key): /kʌz/, enPR: kŭz,
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Conjunction
'cause
- (colloquial, slang) Aphetic form of because.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”
- 2018 "Quintessential Deckerstar", Lucifer
- D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel: "Something Charlotte said made me think. Maybe celestial beings and humans, Luci maybe they aren't that different."
- Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: "What, are we talking in bed? 'Cause we know all know my skills are preternatural. But I suppose you on the other hand..."
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Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑːz], [kɪz]
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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