cause
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English cause, from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), in Medieval Latin also "a thing". Origin uncertain. See accuse, excuse. Displaced native Middle English sake (“cause, reason”) (from Old English sacu (“cause”)), Middle English andweorc, andwork (“matter, cause”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, thing, cause”)).
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- (RP) enPR: kôz, IPA: /kɔːz/, SAMPA: /kO:z/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːz
- Homophone: caws; cores (non-rhotic dialects)
[edit] Noun
cause (plural causes)
- The source or reason of an event or action
- A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- He is fighting for a just cause.
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Source or reason of an event or action
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Goal, aim, principle
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[edit] Verb
cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)
- To set off an event or action.
- The lightning caused thunder.
- To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
- His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
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to set off an event or action
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to produce as a result
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- cause in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- cause in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Borrowed from classical Latin causa. Compare chose.
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cause f. (plural causes)
- cause
- case (a legal proceeding)
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cause
- first-person singular present indicative of causer
- third-person singular present indicative of causer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of causer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of causer
- second-person singular imperative of causer
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cause f.
- Plural form of causa.
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Old French cause
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cause (plural causes)
- cause
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- He knew the cause of everich maladye
- He knew the cause of every illness
- He knew the cause of everich maladye
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
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cause
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb causar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb causar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb causar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb causar.
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cause (infinitive causar)
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