Definition of cause

conjunction (con)

• Abbreviation of Because. (conjunction)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something (noun.event)

  Example:
  They are trying to determine the cause of the crash.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a justification for something existing or happening (noun.communication)

  Synonym: grounds, reason
  

  Example:
  He had no cause to complain.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)

  Synonym: campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement
  

  Example:
  They worked in the cause of world peace.
  

  source: wordnet30
• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results (noun.tops)

  Synonym: causal agency, causal agent
  

  source: wordnet30
• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (noun.act)

  Synonym: case, causa, lawsuit, suit
  

  source: wordnet30
• That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally (verb.creation)

  Synonym: do, make
  

  Example:
  Cause a commotion.
  Cause an accident.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner (verb.communication)

  Synonym: get, have, induce, make, stimulate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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