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US
/ˈkɑz, ˈkɔz/
]
[ UK /kˈɔːz/ ]
[ UK /kˈɔːz/ ]
NOUN
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a justification for something existing or happening
they had good reason to rejoice
he had no cause to complain -
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
contributed to the war effort
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
he supported populist campaigns
they worked in the cause of world peace
the movement to end slavery -
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
the family brought suit against the landlord - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
VERB
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give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
cause a commotion
make a stir
cause an accident -
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
My children finally got me to buy a computer
My wife made me buy a new sofa
How To Use cause In A Sentence
- A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- The captain's armband must have special powers because he's been brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
- He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
- This causes verrucas to grow back into the skin, which can be painful.
- They missed it because they are too busy bootlicking ObamaCare, on their hands and knees. Political Instability and the Coming Defeat of ObamaCare | RedState
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- I have no great picture of her to link because I am out of town in San Francisco and all the pictures I have are the naked librarian Playboy centerfolds I got in email a few days back.
- The screen is a bit of overkill because the audience is not that far from the center of action on the hot shop floor.