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
  - Mutations in the colony stimulating factor 1 receptor have recently been identified to be the cause of this microgliopathy.
  - Actually, competition may cause a shift in niche partitioning of plant resources (i.e., flower vs. leaf), which consequently affects the extraguild prey consumption.
  - Uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is caused by excessive free cytosolic Ca 2+ which is instrumental in directing the cells to follow the executionary part of apoptosis.
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

Difficultness: Level 1

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Definiteness: Level 9

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