CAUSE

campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort

(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; “he supported populist campaigns”; “they worked in the cause of world peace”; “the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant”; “the movement to end slavery”; “contributed to the war effort”

lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa

(noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; “the family brought suit against the landlord”

cause, reason, grounds

(noun) a justification for something existing or happening; “he had no cause to complain”; “they had good reason to rejoice”

cause

(noun) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; “they are trying to determine the cause of the crash”

induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make

(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; “The ads induced me to buy a VCR”; “My children finally got me to buy a computer”; “My wife made me buy a new sofa”

cause, do, make

(verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; “cause a commotion”; “make a stir”; “cause an accident”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cause (countable and uncountable, plural causes)

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Synonym: Thesaurus:cause

(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.

Synonyms: grounds, justification

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

Synonym: Thesaurus:goal

(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.

(countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.

(countable, law) 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.

Verb

cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)

(transitive) To set off an event or action.

(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

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

Anagrams

• -sauce, sauce

Source: Wiktionary

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Cause, n. Etym: [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. Cause, v., Kickshaw.]

1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. 2 Cor. vii. 12.

4. (Law)

Definition: 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.

5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! Shak.

6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. God befriend us, as our cause is just. Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. Burke. Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change or redult.

– Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done.

– Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and coöperating with the matter.

– Material cause, that of which anything is made.

– Proximate cause. See under Proximate.

– To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and aims. Macaulay.

Syn.

– Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.

Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused; p. pr. & v. n. Causing.] Etym: [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause, n., and cf. Acouse.]

Definition: 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. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.

Syn.

– To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.

Cause, v. i.

Definition: To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cause, conj.

Definition: Abbreviation of Because. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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