Cause

/kɔːz/

Synonyms for "cause" (374 found)

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Closest matches (75)

Noun(21 words)

reason basis groundsachieve language learning goalsadvocacyaffect outcomearieses begetting breedingbrief promptbringing campaign case causacausal agencycausal agentcausal influencecause changecause damagecause increase

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cause of unbalance

accomplish achieve act action activity agency agent ambition antecedent asas long asaspiration author base basisbe productivebear because beget being

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belief bind bottom breed brew bringbring aboutbring forthbring into beingbring onbring to effectbring to fruitionbring to passcallcall forthcall upcalling campaign casecause in courtcause to

Verb(8 words)

accomplished begets begot bring brings broughtcause a problemcause problems

Adjective(5 words)

catalan motiucausal basiscausal factorcausal linkcausative agent

Strong matches (112)

Verb(20 words)

caused contributed convulsed creates determined do effected effecting effectuates engendered engenders eventuated gavegenerate random sequencegenerated get gets havehave consequencehave consequences

Noun(28 words)

claim confusionconsequent effectcontributing factorconvince crusade culprit culpritsdebate promptdelay donne drive drives effectseffects techniqueseffort embittering engendering explanation factor

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frightgenerate random valuesgenerated electrical energygenesis germ goal hiccoughsideology shift era

commitment compel conceive concern consideration considering constrain contract create creator crusade deed determinant determinative dodraw ondrive effect effectuate element

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elicit enforce engender engineer entail enterprise establish etiology evince evoke excite excuse execute factor faith father for force found foundation generate generator genesis gestateget upgivegive birth togive occasion togive origin togive rise togoad goalgood reasongreat causeground groundsguiding lightguiding starhatch have ideal impel implement

Adjective(1 words)

german produzieren

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Verb(29 words)

imposed induceinduce tearsinduced induces inflicted inflicts instigate led make makes occasioned perpetrated precipitated precipitating procureproduce outcomesproduce resultsproduces putted

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resulted send sends signalize stimulate triggered wreak wreaked wrought

impulseinasmuch asinaugurate incentive induce inducement industrialize inspiration inspire institute intention interest issuejudicial processjustification lawsuit leadlead tolegal actionlegal case

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legal proceedingslegal processlegal remedylifework litigation lodestar mainspring makemass movementmass-producematerial basismatter motivate motive movementmuster upnecessity now obligation occasion origin originate originator overproduce part perform precipitateprime moverprinciple proceedings procure produce producer promote prompt prosecution provocation provoke raise realize reasonreason for beingrestrain right rise root sake score secure seedset afloatset on footset upside since sire source spawn spring stimulus subject substance suitsuit at lawsummon uptie touchulterior motiveundertakinguse force uponvocation volume-produce warrant whereas workwork up

Noun(56 words)

induce inducing influenceitalian motivolawsuit lead leading leadsmade thingmaking missionmore forcedmore triggermotion causemotive movement occasioning occasions originoriginal work

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persuade porpoise precipitant principleprocure sampleproduce effectproduce evidenceproduce sectionproducing prompt promptsprovide reasonsprovoke puts reasons render rendering renders result results root siring sourcespanish causasuitswedish produceratemporary effectthe reasonsthe resultthrowsto producetrigger triggers wherefores whys wreaking

Adjective(4 words)

norwegian grunnproductive resultsrevolutionary bannersswedish made

Preposition(1 words)

of origin

Adverb(1 words)

why

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

21 entries

act aim create explanation factor inception influence justificationlegal conceptlegal matterlegal proceedingmake move origin origination

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More specific

13 entries

campaigncharity drivecivil caseconvincecriminal caseignite persuade provokeproximate causeroot causetempttort claimtrigger

Collocations

11 entries

causal factorcause a reactioncause and effectcause confusioncause damagecause harmcause problemscause troublecharitable causemain causeroot cause

Inflections

3 entries

caused causes causing

Derivations

5 entries

causal causality causally causation causer

Translations

124 translations across 83 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

oorsaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Albanian

2 entries

arsye noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ngajë noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

αἰτία noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Arabic

3 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سَبَب noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Armenian

1 entries

պատճառ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bais noun (source or reason of an event or action)
səbəb noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Bashkir

1 entries

сәбәп noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Basque

1 entries

kausa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Belarusian

1 entries

прычы́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Bengali

1 entries

কারণ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Bulgarian

2 entries

по́вод noun (source or reason of an event or action)
причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Catalan

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Cebuano

1 entries

kawsa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

原因 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Czech

2 entries

důvod noun (source or reason of an event or action)
příčina noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Danish

1 entries

årsag noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Dutch

3 entries

aanleiding noun (source or reason of an event or action)
oorzaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)
reden noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

амал noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Esperanto

1 entries

kaŭzo noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Estonian

3 entries

ajend noun (source or reason of an event or action)
alus noun (source or reason of an event or action)
põhjus noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Etruscan

1 entries

𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Finnish

3 entries

juuri noun (source or reason of an event or action)
lähde noun (source or reason of an event or action)
syy noun (source or reason of an event or action)

French

2 entries

cause noun (source or reason of an event or action)
raison noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Galician

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Georgian

2 entries

მიზეზი noun (source or reason of an event or action)
საფუძველი noun (source or reason of an event or action)

German

3 entries

Anlass noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Grund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Ursache noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Greek

2 entries

αιτία noun (source or reason of an event or action)
λόγος noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

lakòz noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Hebrew

1 entries

סיבה \ סִבָּה noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Hindi

1 entries

कारण noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Hungarian

1 entries

ok noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Icelandic

1 entries

orsök noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Indonesian

2 entries

kausa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
penyebab noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Irish

2 entries

réasún noun (source or reason of an event or action)
siocair noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Italian

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Japanese

1 entries

原因 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Khmer

1 entries

ហេតុ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Kilivila

1 entries

uula noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Korean

1 entries

원인 noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шылтоо noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Latin

2 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ratiō noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Latvian

2 entries

cēlonis noun (source or reason of an event or action)
iemesls noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pagrindas noun (source or reason of an event or action)
priežastis noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Ursaach noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Macedonian

1 entries

при́чина noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Malay

2 entries

pasal noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sebab noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Maltese

1 entries

kaġun noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Māori

1 entries

whakataenga noun (source or reason of an event or action)

North Frisian

4 entries

(Langenhorn) uursaage noun (source or reason of an event or action)
(Ockholm) uursååge noun (source or reason of an event or action)
grünj noun (source or reason of an event or action)
uursaag noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Norwegian

2 entries

grunn noun (source or reason of an event or action)
årsak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Occitan

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Old English

1 entries

intinga noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Old Irish

1 entries

accuis noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
علت noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Persian

1 entries

سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Polish

1 entries

przyczyna noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Portuguese

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Romanian

1 entries

cauză noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Russian

2 entries

основа́ние noun (source or reason of an event or action)
причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हेतु noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sardinian

1 entries

càusa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

Gruund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
Uurseeke noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

adhbhar noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rázlog noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ùzrok noun (source or reason of an event or action)
ра́злог noun (source or reason of an event or action)
у̀зрок noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sicilian

1 entries

causanza noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sikkimese

1 entries

རྐྱེན noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Slovak

1 entries

príčina noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Slovene

2 entries

razlog noun (source or reason of an event or action)
vzrok noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Spanish

1 entries

causa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Swedish

2 entries

grund noun (source or reason of an event or action)
orsak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Tagalog

1 entries

kawsa noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Tajik

1 entries

сабаб noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Thai

1 entries

สาเหตุ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Turkish

2 entries

neden noun (source or reason of an event or action)
sebep noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Ukrainian

1 entries

причи́на noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Urdu

3 entries

باعث noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سبب noun (source or reason of an event or action)
وجہ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Uyghur

2 entries

خۇسۇس noun (source or reason of an event or action)
سەۋەپ noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Uzbek

1 entries

sabab noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nguyên nhân noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Welsh

1 entries

achos noun (source or reason of an event or action)

West-Frisian

1 entries

oarsaak noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Zazaki

1 entries

sebeb noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Zulu

1 entries

umsuka noun (source or reason of an event or action)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

Source: tatoeba (2259)

You are always the cause of my worries.

Source: tatoeba (16767)

You have no cause for anger.

Source: tatoeba (17498)

What was the cause of your quarrel?

Source: tatoeba (17661)

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