cause and effect

[kawz-uhnd-i-fekt, -uhn-]

cause-and-ef·fect

[kawz-uhnd-i-fekt, -uhn-]
adjective
noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
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Main Entry:  cause and effect
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the concept that concept that an action or event will produce a certain response to the action in the form of another event; also written cause-effect, cause/effect
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