English > cause: 7 senses > noun 3, act| Meaning | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. |
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| Example | "they worked in the cause of world peace" |
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| Synonyms | campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort |
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| Narrower | advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz | An organized program of advertisements |
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| anti-war movement | A campaign against entering or continuing a war |
| campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign | The campaign of a candidate to be elected |
| charm campaign | A campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support |
| consumerism | A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers |
| feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib | The movement aimed at equal rights for women |
| fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort | A campaign to raise money for some cause |
| gay liberation movement, gay lib | The movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression |
| lost cause | A defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable |
| reform | A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices |
| war | A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious |
| youth movement, youth crusade | Political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people |
| Broader | venture | Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome |
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| Spanish | campaña, causa, cometido, cruzada, empeño, misión, movimiento |
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| Catalan | campanya, causa, moviment |
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English > cause: 7 senses > noun 4, Tops| Meaning | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
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| Synonyms | causal agent, causal agency |
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| Narrower | agent | An active and efficient cause |
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| agent | A substance that exerts some force or effect |
| catalyst | Something that causes an important event to happen |
| cause of death, killer | The causal agent resulting in death |
| danger | A cause of pain or injury or loss |
| destiny, fate | The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) |
| deus ex machina | Any active agent who appears unexpectedly / unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty |
| engine | Something used to achieve a purpose |
| first cause, prime mover, primum mobile | An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause |
| nature | A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe |
| operator, manipulator | An agent that operates some apparatus or machine |
| person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| power, force | One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
| supernatural, occult | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively |
| theurgy | The effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs |
| vital principle, life principle | A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed |
| Broader | physical entity | An entity that has physical existence |
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| Spanish | agente causal, causa |
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| Catalan | agent causal, causa |
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| Adjectives | causal | involving or constituting a cause |
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| Verbs | cause | cause to do |
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| cause | give rise to |
English > cause: 7 senses > noun 5, act| Meaning | A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. |
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| Synonyms | lawsuit, suit, case, causa |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Narrower | civil suit | A lawsuit alleging violations / violations of civil law by the defendant |
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| class action, class-action suit | A lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large / large / large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| countersuit | A suit brought against someone who has sued you |
| criminal suit | A lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant |
| moot | A hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise |
| paternity suit, bastardy proceeding | A lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support / support of the child once paternity is determined) |
| Broader | proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
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| Spanish | acción, caso, causa, demanda, juicio, litigio, pleito, proceso judicial, proceso, querella |
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| Catalan | cas, causa, demanda, judici, litigi, plet |
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English > cause: 7 senses > verb 1, creation| 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 |
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| Examples | - "cause a commotion"
- "cause an accident"
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| Synonyms | do, make |
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| Narrower | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate | shape or influence |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | causar, hacer, ocasionar, producir, provocar |
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| Catalan | fer, ocasionar, provocar |
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| Adjectives | causative | producing an effect |
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| Nouns | causation | the act of causing something to happen / happen |
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| 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 |
English > cause: 7 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They cause him to write the letter |
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| Synonyms | induce, stimulate, have, get, make |
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| Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
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| 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 |
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| Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar |
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| Adjectives | causative | producing an effect |
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| Nouns | causation | the act of causing something to happen / happen |
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| 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 |
