cause

Meaning

Synonyms

result in

make happen

lead to

give rise

causa

cause to take place

causal agent

yield

way of doing

causal agency

point of origin

purvey

trigger off

act as agent

act as go-between

be generated

get done

lead up

legal case

primary cause

reason for

send on a mission

wake someone

inside story

bring into existence

James Thomson

be the cause

be the cause of

be the origin of

original cause

produce an effect

produce as a result

subject of discussion

ground reason

by extension

that which gives rise

base of tree

> chikonzero

master sheet

lead follow result

grow arise flow

give origin

cause trouble

conduce

good reason

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔːz/
Etymology

In summary

* 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.

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