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Cause   /kɑz/  /kɔz/   Listen
Cause

noun
1.
Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
2.
A justification for something existing or happening.  Synonyms: grounds, reason.  "They had good reason to rejoice"
3.
A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.  Synonyms: campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement.  "They worked in the cause of world peace" , "The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant" , "The movement to end slavery" , "Contributed to the war effort"
4.
Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results.  Synonyms: causal agency, causal agent.
5.
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.  Synonyms: case, causa, lawsuit, suit.
verb
(past & past part. caused; pres. part. causing)
1.
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.  Synonyms: do, make.  "Make a stir" , "Cause an accident"
2.
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.  Synonyms: get, have, induce, make, stimulate.  "My children finally got me to buy a computer" , "My wife made me buy a new sofa"



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"Cause" Quotes from Famous Books



... always shadowed his arrangements. We rarely see this type now. Games have driven her away. The woman of the present generation is calm, collected, and free from emotional outbursts, and I believe that invigorating outdoor exercise is the chief cause. As to the second objection, the injury to the womanliness of woman, the answer depends on what is meant by the essential feature of "womanliness." I am afraid most people, including most men, say with Hamlet, "Frailty, thy name is woman." ...
— Lawn Tennis for Ladies • Mrs. Lambert Chambers
... give to my country I give without reservation. If there ever was a righteous cause it is ours, and I am proud to have ...
— Winning a Cause - World War Stories • John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
... "No, this cannot be. She said in her musings on the prairie, that she had nobody who would sing a sad song if she were to go to the South. Stop! She may love, and not find her passion requited. I shall stay here until the morrow, and let the great cause wait. Through the evening I shall reveal who I am, and then see what is in ...
— Annette, The Metis Spy • Joseph Edmund Collins
... broke over the Thames on our undiminished ranks, I shall now find on hostile benches. I shall be compelled to engage in painful altercations with many with whom I had hoped never to have a conflict, except in the generous and friendly strife which should best serve the common cause. I left the Liberal Government strong enough to maintain itself against an adverse Court; I see that the Liberal Government now rests for support on the preference of a Sovereign, in whom the country sees with delight the ...
— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) - Lord Macaulay's Speeches • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... naturalist, is there any person whom you could strongly recommend? he must be such a person as would do credit to our recommendation. Do think of this subject, it would be a serious loss to the cause of natural science if this fine opportunity ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I • Francis Darwin


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