NOUN | event | cause | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
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communication | cause, reason, grounds | a justification for something existing or happening | |
act | cause, campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
Tops | cause, causal agent, causal agency | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | |
act | cause, lawsuit, suit, case, causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | |
VERB | creation | cause, do, make | give rise to |
communication | cause, induce, stimulate, have, get, make | cause to do |
Sounds | kaa'z; kao'z | |
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Rhymes | baas ... vase: 5 rhymes with aaz... | |
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Meaning | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something. | |
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Example | "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" | |
Narrower | antecedent | A preceding occurrence or cause or event |
etiology, aetiology | The cause of a disease | |
factor | Anything that contributes causally to a result | |
mutagenesis | An event capable of causing a mutation | |
producer | Something that produces / produces / produces / produces / produces | |
Broader | origin, origination, inception | An event that is a beginning |
Spanish | causa | |
Catalan | causa | |
Adjectives | causal | involving or constituting a cause |
Verbs | cause | cause to do |
cause | give rise to |
Meaning | A justification for something existing or happening. | |
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Example | "he had no cause to complain" | |
Synonyms | reason, grounds | |
Broader | justification | A statement in explanation of some action or belief |
Spanish | causa, fundamento, motivo, razón | |
Catalan | causa, motiu, raó | |
Adjectives | causal | involving or constituting a cause |
Verbs | cause | cause to do |
cause | give rise to |
Meaning | give rise to; cause to happen / happen / happen or occur, not always intentionally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | do, make | |
Narrower | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
effect, effectuate, set up | produce | |
engender, breed, spawn | Call forth | |
facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response) | |
impel, force | urge or force (a person) to an action | |
initiate, pioneer | Take the lead or initiative in | |
make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way | |
motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | Give an incentive for action / action | |
occasion | Give occasion to | |
provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Spanish | causar, hacer, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
Catalan | fer, ocasionar, provocar | |
Adjectives | causative | producing an effect |
Nouns | causation | the act of causing something to happen / happen |
cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | |
cause | a justification for something existing or happening | |
cause | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They cause him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | induce, stimulate, have, get, make | |
Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something | |
decide | Cause to decide | |
encourage | spur on | |
lead | Cause to undertake a certain action / action | |
let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen | |
persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action | |
prompt, inspire, instigate | Serve as the inciting cause of | |
solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | |
suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | |
Spanish | causar, estimular, hacer, incentivar, inducir, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar | |
Adjectives | causative | producing an effect |
Nouns | causation | the act of causing something to happen / happen |
cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | |
cause | a justification for something existing or happening | |
cause | events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
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