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Definitions for Caused

[1] a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
[2] the reason or motive for some human action: The good news was a cause for rejoicing.
[3] good or sufficient reason: to complain without cause; to be dismissed for cause.
[4] Law . a ground of legal action; the matter over which a person goes to law. a case for judicial decision.
[5] any subject of discussion or debate.
[6] a principle, ideal, goal, or movement to which a person or group is dedicated: the Socialist cause; the human rights cause.
[7] the welfare of a person or group, seen as a subject of concern: support for the cause of the American Indian.
[8] Philosophy . the end or purpose for which a thing is done or produced. Aristotelianism . any of the four things necessary for the movement or the coming into being of a thing, namely a material (material cause) , something to act upon it (efficient cause) , a form taken by the movement or development (formal cause) , and a goal or purpose (final cause) .
[9] to be the cause of; bring about.
[10] 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.
[11] a person, thing, event, state, or action that produces an effect
[12] grounds for action; motive; justification she had good cause to shout like that
[13] the ideals, etc, of a group or movement the Communist cause
[14] the welfare or interests of a person or group in a dispute they fought for the miners' cause
[15] a matter of widespread concern or importance the cause of public health
[16] a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit the lawsuit itself
[17] (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause), an agent (efficient cause), and a purpose (final cause)
[18] make common cause with to join with (a person, group, etc) for a common objective
[19] (tr) to be the cause of; bring about; precipitate; be the reason for

Words related to Caused

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Words nearby Caused

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Origin of Caused

1175–1225; Middle English < Latin causa reason, sake, case

Words that may be confused with Caused

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, causecausality, causation, cause

Other words from Caused

caus·a·ble , adjective
caus·a·bil·i·ty , noun
cause·less , adjective
cause·less·ly , adverb
cause·less·ness , noun
caus·er , noun
non·caus·a·ble , adjective
self-caused , adjective
sub·cause , noun
un·caus·a·ble , adjective
un·der·cause , noun

Word origin for Caused

C13: from Latin causa cause, reason, motive

Synonyms for Caused

begin, create, generate, induce, lead to, make, precipitate, produce, provoke, brainstorm, breed, compel, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, hatch, incite, introduce, kickoff, kindle, let, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, revert, secure, be at the bottom of, break in, break the ice, bring to pass, come out with, cook up, dream up, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, make up, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up