Cause - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (syn: case, lawsuit, suit)
verb
cause an accident
Extra examples
His symptoms had no apparent physical causes.
She is the cause of all their problems.
The medicine was prescribed without good cause.
Their marriage was a cause for celebration.
I can support a cause that means something to me.
I'm willing to donate money as long as it's for a good cause.
He swerved and caused an accident.
The flood caused great hardship.
The illness is caused by a virus.
The flood caused the town great hardship.
You caused us a lot of extra work.
The ruin of the empire was caused by the loss of freedom and the growth of despotism.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for American women in their forties.
It's our job to establish the cause of the fire.
The cost of the project was enormous, but it was not the fundamental cause of its failure.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: cause
he/she/it: causes
present participle: causing
past tense: caused
past participle: caused
singular: cause
plural: causes
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