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cause

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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something(noun.event)

Example:
They are trying to determine the cause of the crash.

source: wordnet30
a justification for something existing or happening(noun.communication)

Example:
He had no cause to complain.

Synonym:
grounds, reason

source: wordnet30
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end(noun.act)

Example:
They worked in the cause of world peace.

Synonym:
campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement

source: wordnet30
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results(noun.tops)

Synonym:
causal agency, causal agent

source: wordnet30
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy(noun.act)

Synonym:
case, causa, lawsuit, suit

source: wordnet30
That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.(noun)

source: webster1913

give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally(verb.creation)

Example:
Cause a commotion.
Cause an accident.

Synonym:
do, make

source: wordnet30
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner(verb.communication)

Synonym:
get, have, induce, make, stimulate

source: wordnet30
To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.(verb)

source: webster1913
To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.(verb)

source: webster1913

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