cause
IPA: kˈɑz
noun
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
- (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
verb
- (transitive) To set off an event or action.
- (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
- (obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
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Examples of "cause" in Sentences
- The root cause of rationalization is fear.
- It was the problem that caused the glitch.
- The mutation is caused by genetic problems.
- The unintended consequences caused problems.
- The cause of the problem was never discovered.
- He said that craving is the root cause of dukkha.
- The cause of the problem is included in the question.
- The introduction was the primary cause of the problem.
- But the root cause was rightly identified by the ArbCom.
- The reason for many of the atrocities was to cause terror.
- Why'd you gots to cause wank just 'cause there isn't any, huh?
- I say that cause that's how I'm going to move on and keep going and 'cause in a lot of ways it is fine.
- Stopped reading at that point – ‘cause if WAG can’t get it by now God help Wales 'cause WAG is not helping.
- I figured it's cause they forgot to eat and because they're keyed up and nervous -- not necessarily 'cause they're thinking.
- Maybe I could be a singer, cause I didn't really start singing until I was pretty old, 'cause I didn't have no apparent talent for it.
- Although Aristotle is careful to distinguish four different kinds of cause (or four different senses of ˜cause™), it is important to note that he claims that one and the same thing can be a cause in more than one sense.
- (Soundbite of song, "You're A Rich Girl") HALL & OATES (Musicians, Singer-songwriters): (Singing) ... never be strong cause, you're a rich girl, rich girl, and you've gone too far 'cause you know it don't matter anyway, rich girl.
- Maybe I'm nuts, maybe it's cause I'm an island boy through and through, or maybe the astrologists have something after all, and it's 'cause I'm a water sign, but whatever it is, days like this feel a lot more like vacation than the sunny ones for me.