However, the facts or circumstances need not be of the nature of certainty necessary to establish proof in court. To be the cause of A shortened form of because Make common cause, to unite in a joint effort Work together for the same end They made common cause with neighboring countries and succeeded in reducing tariffs
Cause, occasion refer to the starting of effects into motion. They are fighting for a cause The liberation of their people The difficult driving conditions caused several accidents [ + obj + to infinitive ] the bright light caused her to blink Most heart attacks are caused by blood clots.
The causes are a complex blend of local and national tensions To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems You can say that something causes someone to do something A blow to the head had caused him to lose consciousness The experience had caused her to be distrustful of people
Don't say that something ' causes that someone does ' something. A cause makes an effect, and you're likely to hear the phrase cause and effect when people are trying to analyze how things happen Cause can also mean something worth fighting for — like social justice or animal rights You might raise money for a good cause, like ending poverty. These root causes are interconnected and can lead to a chain of effects, where one disaster triggers or worsens another Why is understanding root causes important
Our news feed delivers the latest updates on the causes you care about, connecting you with opportunities to make change happen Stay informed and find direct ways to contribute. This study shows that, by age 4, children understand lexical causatives to refer to direct causes and periphrastic causatives to indirect causes in causal chains Creates, generates, brings, prompts, produces, does, spawns, works Limits, restricts, impedes, suppresses, inhibits, controls, arrests, stifles
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