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World English Dictionary

cause (kɔːz)

—n
1.	a person, thing, event, state, or action that produces an effect
2.	grounds for action; motive; justification: she had good cause to shout like that
3.	the ideals, etc, of a group or movement: the Communist cause
4.	the welfare or interests of a person or group in a dispute: they fought for the miners' cause
5.	a matter of widespread concern or importance: the cause of public health
6.	a. a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit
	b. the lawsuit itself
7.	(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause), an agent (efficient cause), and a purpose (final cause)
8.	make common cause with to join with (a person, group, etc) for a common objective

—vb
9.	(tr) to be the cause of; bring about; precipitate; be the reason for

[C13: from Latin causa cause, reason, motive]

'causable

—*adj*

causa'bility

—n

'causeless

—*adj*

'causer

—n

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