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Definitions for Causeless

[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 Causeless

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Words nearby Causeless

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Origin of Causeless

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

Words that may be confused with Causeless

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

Other words from Causeless

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 Causeless

C13: from Latin causa cause, reason, motive

Synonyms for Causeless

excessive, gratuitous, pointless, inessential, nonessential, dispensable, expendable, redundant, superfluous, uncalled-for, undesired, unrequired, unwanted, useless