cause

  • 51cause — [13] Cause comes via Old French cause from Latin causa, which as well as ‘reason’ meant ‘law suit’; this was carried over into English legal language (it survives in terms such as cause list ‘list of cases to be tried’) and its use in expressions …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 52cause — /kɔz / (say kawz) noun 1. that which produces an effect; the thing, person, etc., from which something results. 2. the ground of any action or result; reason; motive. 3. good or sufficient reason: *she frets without cause. –christina stead, 1944 …

  • 53cause — [13] Cause comes via Old French cause from Latin causa, which as well as ‘reason’ meant ‘law suit’; this was carried over into English legal language (it survives in terms such as cause list ‘list of cases to be tried’) and its use in expressions …

    Word origins

  • 54cause — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, act, action, activity, agency, agent, ambition, antecedent, aspiration, author, basis, be productive, bear, beget, belief, bind, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring on, bring… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55'cause — [[t]kəz[/t]] also cause CONJ SUBORD Cause is an informal way of saying because. 30 families are suffering cause they re out of work. Syn: because …

    English dictionary

  • 56cause — noun 1》 a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.     ↘reasonable grounds for a belief or action. 2》 a principle or movement which one is prepared to defend or advocate.     ↘something deserving of support. 3》 a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 57cause — I. n. 1. Origin, original, source, spring, mainspring, efficient cause. 2. Ground, reason, motive, consideration, account, inducement, incentive, incitement. 3. Purpose, object, aim, end, final cause. 4. Undertaking, enterprise, attempt. 5.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 58cause — cauve, cause, cauve, cave m. truc; machin ; chose dont on a oublié le nom. Sénher Cause : Monsieur Machin, Monsieur Truc. voir aquò, besonha, engenh, èstre …

    Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • 59cause — 1. noun /kɔːz/ a) The source or reason of an event or action He is fighting for a just cause. b) A goal, aim or principle …

    Wiktionary

  • 60cause — because bicause cause décause recause …

    Dictionnaire des rimes