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cause

noun
/kɔːz/UK/kɔz/US/ˈkɑz/

Etymology

* From Middle English cause (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), borrowed from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), from Proto-Italic *kaussā, which is of unknown origin. Doublet of chose (“(law) a thing; personal property”). See accuse, excuse, recuse, ruse. Displaced native Old English intinga. * From Middle English causen, Old French causer and Medieval Latin causāre.

  1. derived from causāre
  2. derived from causer
  3. inherited from causen
  4. derived from *kaussā✻
  5. derived from causa
  6. derived from cause
  7. inherited from cause

Definitions

  1. The source of, or reason for, an event or action

    The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

    • They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
    • We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, As well appeareth by the cauſe you come, Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon.

  2. Sufficient reason.

    • There is no cause for alarm.
    • The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
    • He has no cause to do that.

  3. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

    • God befriend us, as our cause is just.
    • The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause.
    • I'm not fighting for anything anymore, except myself. I'm the only cause I'm interested in.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Sake

      Sake; interest; advantage.

      • I did it not for his cause.

    2. Any subject of discussion or debate

      Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.

      • What counsel give you in this weighty cause?

    3. A suit or action in court

      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.

    4. To set off an event or action

      To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

      • The lightning caused thunder.

    5. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

      • His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
      • I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.

    6. To assign or show cause

      To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

      • He, to shifte their curious request, / Gan causen why she could not come in place.

    7. Alternative form of 'cause

      Alternative form of 'cause; because

      • Why not? Cause I don't wanna.

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Derived

all-cause, because, by-cause, bycause, causal, causality, causative, cause and effect, cause célèbre, cause celebre, causeful, causeless, cause of action, cause of death, common cause, concause, countercause, efficient cause, external cause, final cause, first cause, for cause, forcause, formal cause, good cause, hour of cause, intervening cause, just cause, lost cause, make common cause, material cause, no one should be judge in his own cause, order to show cause, probable cause, protocause, proximate cause, rebel without a cause, root cause, root-cause, show cause · +13 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cause. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA