cause meaning

[kɔːz]

NounPLcauses
1. The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
  1. Her wedding will be cause for celebration.
  2. They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
VerbSGcausesPRcausingPT, PPcaused
1. To set off an event or action.
  1. The lightning caused thunder. ‎
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - Deletion of Smkin3 led to fewer septa and increased protoplast regeneration and aerial hyphae formation, whereas deletion of Smkin24 caused hyperseptation and sterility.
  - Metabolic acidosis associated with increased anion gap may be caused by underdialysis and anorexia.
  - Head-movement or biological (certain vascular- or neurodiseases or cardiac output) or anatomical (lesions, variations in Circle of Willis or vascular system) causes can also influence data analysis.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia should be considered as a differential in cases of trigeminal nerve hypoplasia and also in cases of obstructive hydrocephalus not explained by other causes.
  - Green and colleagues demonstrated that ossification due to meningogenic labyrinthitis extended further into the cochlea than ossification due to other causes.

Meaning of cause for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "cause" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a control verb.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
2. Verbs
  - Control verbs

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Definiteness: Level 9

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