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cause
noun (REASON) /kɔːz/
/kɑːz/ Definition
B2 [C or U] the reason why something, especially something bad, happens: The police are still trying to establish the cause of the fire. She had died of natural causes. I wouldn't tell you without (good) cause (= if there was not a (good) reason). I believe we have/there is just cause (= a fair reason) for taking this action.Causing things to happen C2 [U] a reason to feel something or to behave in a particular way: He's never given me any cause for concern.Motives and reasons
(Definition of cause noun (REASON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Motives and reasons
Synonyms and related words:
- drive noun (POWER)
- first principles noun
- ground noun (CAUSE)
- hidden agenda noun
- impulse noun (REASON)
- in the name of sth idiom
- inclination noun (FEELING)
- justification noun
- mainspring noun
- motivation noun (ENTHUSIASM)
- motivation noun (REASON)
- motive noun
- object noun (CAUSE)
- peg noun (HOOK)
- rationale noun
- reason noun (EXPLANATION)
- should modal verb (REASON)
- wherefores noun
- why noun
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