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cause
Overview of noun cause
The noun cause has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (18) cause -- (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash")
2. (9) cause, reason, grounds -- (a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice")
3. (8) campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort -- (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")
4. (4) causal agent, cause, causal agency -- (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
5. (2) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa -- (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")
Overview of verb cause
The verb cause has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (114) cause, do, make -- (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident")
2. (46) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cause
5 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause
=> origin, origination, inception
=> beginning
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
cause, reason, grounds
=> justification
=> explanation, account
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
=> venture
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> due process, due process of law
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun cause
4 of 5 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause
=> antecedent
=> etiology, aetiology
=> factor
=> producer
=> mutagenesis
Sense 3
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
=> advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz
=> anti-war movement
=> charm campaign
=> consumerism
=> campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign
=> fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort
=> feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib
=> gay liberation movement, gay lib
=> lost cause
=> reform
=> war
=> youth movement, youth crusade
Sense 4
causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> agent
=> nature
=> supernatural, occult
=> theurgy
=> first cause, prime mover, primum mobile
=> Destiny, Fate
=> catalyst
=> deus ex machina
=> operator, manipulator
=> power, force
=> vital principle, life principle
=> engine
=> cause of death, killer
=> danger
=> agent
Sense 5
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> civil suit
=> class action, class-action suit
=> countersuit
=> criminal suit
=> moot
=> paternity suit, bastardy proceeding
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cause
5 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause
=> origin, origination, inception
Sense 2
cause, reason, grounds
=> justification
Sense 3
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
=> venture
Sense 4
causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
Sense 5
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
Antonyms of noun cause
Member Holonyms of noun cause
Substance Holonyms of noun cause
Part Holonyms of noun cause
Member Meronyms of noun cause
Substance Meronyms of noun cause
Part Meronyms of noun cause
Meronyms of noun cause
Holonyms of noun cause
Attributes of noun cause
Derived Forms of noun cause
3 of 5 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause
RELATED TO>(adj) causal#1
=> causal
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#1
=> cause, do, make
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#2
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sense 2
cause, reason, grounds
RELATED TO>(adj) causal#1
=> causal
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#1
=> cause, do, make
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#2
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sense 4
causal agent, cause, causal agency
RELATED TO>(adj) causal#1
=> causal
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#1
=> cause, do, make
RELATED TO>(verb) cause#2
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Domain of noun cause
1 of 5 senses of cause
Sense 5
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun cause
Familiarity of noun cause
cause used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun cause
5 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause
> origin, origination, inception
=> germination
=> cause
=> preliminary, overture, prelude
=> emanation, rise, procession
Sense 2
cause, reason, grounds
> justification
=> cause, reason, grounds
=> defense, defence, vindication
Sense 3
campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
> venture
=> joint venture
=> experiment
=> campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort
=> sally, sallying forth
=> risk, peril, danger
Sense 4
causal agent, cause, causal agency
> physical entity
=> thing
=> object, physical object
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> substance, matter
=> process, physical process
Sense 5
lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> foreclosure
=> intervention
=> procedure
=> legal action, action, action at law
=> lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> adoption
=> appeal
=> bankruptcy
=> receivership
=> litigation, judicial proceeding
=> naturalization, naturalisation
=> trial
=> trial
=> review
=> hearing
Meronyms of noun cause
5 senses of cause
Sense 2
cause, reason, grounds
=> justification
=> explanation, account
HAS PART: explicandum, explanandum
HAS PART: explanans
Holonyms of noun cause
Grep of noun cause
cause
cause celebre
cause of action
cause of death
causerie
causeway
final cause
first cause
lost cause
probable cause
Antonyms of verb cause
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cause
2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb cause
2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
=> determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
=> initiate, pioneer
=> effect, effectuate, set up
=> make
=> occasion
=> provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
=> engender, breed, spawn
=> motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
=> impel, force
=> facilitate
Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
=> decide
=> persuade
=> bring
=> solicit
=> encourage
=> let
=> lead
=> prompt, inspire, instigate
=> suborn
=> compel, oblige, obligate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cause
2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
'Cause To' of verb cause
Derived Forms of verb cause
2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
RELATED TO>(adj) causative#1
=> causative
RELATED TO>(noun) causation#1
=> causing, causation
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#1
=> cause
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#2
=> cause, reason, grounds
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#4
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
RELATED TO>(adj) causative#1
=> causative
RELATED TO>(noun) causation#1
=> causing, causation
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#1
=> cause
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#2
=> cause, reason, grounds
RELATED TO>(noun) cause#4
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
Domain of verb cause
Domain Terms of verb cause
Familiarity of verb cause
cause used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb cause
2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
EX: They cause him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb cause
1 of 2 senses of cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
> make, create
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> regenerate
=> clear
=> distill, extract, distil
=> derive, educe
=> froth, spume, suds
=> lay down, establish, make
=> puncture
=> twine
=> cleave
=> track
=> institute, bring
=> short-circuit, short
=> re-create
=> grind
=> generate, bring forth
=> originate, initiate, start
=> give, yield
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> create, make
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
=> cause, do, make
=> establish, give
=> put on, turn in
=> bear, turn out
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> construct, build, make
=> build, establish
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> style
=> strike
=> copy, re-create
=> create verbally
=> compose, write
=> choreograph
=> direct
=> film
=> film-make
=> recreate
=> offset
=> scrape
=> produce, bring forth
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> press
=> prepare
=> cut
=> cut
=> raise
=> beat
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> incorporate
=> form, organize, organise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb cause
Sense 1
cause, do, make
=> make, create
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Sense 2
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
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Grep of verb cause
cause
cause to be perceived
cause to sleep
causeway
Grep of adj cause
causeless
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