Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CAUSE

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Definitions of CAUSE

1. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
2. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
3. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
4. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
5. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
6. (transitive) To set off an event or action.
7. (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
8. (obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
9. Alternative form of 'cause.; because
10. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

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Examples of Using CAUSE in a Sentence

• Pope Innocent III espoused the cause of Ingeborg; but Philip did not submit until 1200, when, nine months after interdict had been added to excommunication, he consented to a separation from Agnes.
• Ambrogio Traversari, also referred to as Ambrose of Camaldoli (138620 October 1439), was an Italian monk and theologian who was a prime supporter of the papal cause in the 15th century.
• An antibody (Ab) or immunoglobulin (Ig) is a large, Y-shaped protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize antigens such as bacteria and viruses, including those that cause disease.
• The Ames test is a widely employed method that uses bacteria to test whether a given chemical can cause mutations in the DNA of the test organism.
• An ammeter usually has low resistance so that it does not cause a significant voltage drop in the circuit being measured.
• Eating amygdalin will cause it to release cyanide in the human body, and may lead to cyanide poisoning.
• Cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as.
• Pneumonic plague infects the lungs, causing shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain; bubonic plague affects the lymph nodes, making them swell; and septicemic plague infects the blood and can cause tissues to turn black and die.
• They are used as in-band signaling to cause effects other than the addition of a symbol to the text.
• Certificate Problem Report, a notice to certificate authorities informing them of a reasonable cause to revoke a digital certificate.
• At the request of the Huguenots at Metz, he pleaded its cause at the court of King Louis XIV, urging that it should be excepted in the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, but his efforts were unsuccessful, and he joined his father in Berlin.
• The small calorie or gram calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to cause the same increase in one milliliter of water.
• A cosmological argument can also sometimes be referred to as an argument from universal causation, an argument from first cause, the causal argument or the prime mover argument.
• Motor-scooters are a common form of transport, but there was no requirement for helmets, making them a common cause of death and injuries.
• In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons (see: cause of action) that the filing party or parties (the plaintiff(s)) believes are sufficient to support a claim against the party or parties against whom the claim is brought (the defendant(s)) that entitles the plaintiff(s) to a remedy (either money damages or injunctive relief).
• An eruption that ejects large volumes of magma over a short period of time can cause significant detriment to the structural integrity of such a chamber, greatly diminishing its capacity to support its own roof, and any substrate or rock resting above.
• Hopper made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956).
• More accurately, it should be described as involving "too much money spent chasing too few goods", since only money that is spent on goods and services can cause inflation.
• Based on the 1936 novel A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey, the film is about a young man on the run from a murder charge who enlists the help of a woman who must put herself at risk for his cause.
• Not only did he fight for the Protestant cause as a preacher and theologian, but he was almost the only member of Luther's party who was able to confront the Roman Catholics with the weapon of literary satire.

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