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Definition of just because

: for the simple or single reason that
  • Don't get nervous just because the teacher might ask you a question.
  • Just because your friends do it, that doesn't mean that you should do it, too.

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just play

  1. : having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable

  2. : conforming to a standard of correctness : proper

  3. : faithful to an original

  1. : exactly, precisely

  2. : very recently

  3. : by a very small margin : barely

  1. : archaic variant of joust

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because play

  1. : for the reason that : since

  2. : the fact that : that

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