| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | because |
| Synonyms: | as long as, being, cause, considering, for, for the reason that, inasmuch as, now, seeing that, since, whereas |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
| Main Entry: | whereas |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | when in fact |
| Synonyms: | because, considering, since, though, when, while |
| Main Entry: | since |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, conjunction, preposition |
| Definition: | in the time past; because |
| Synonyms: | after, afterward, ago, already, as, because, considering, for, from, hence, later, now, past, subsequently, therefore, whereas |