1. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
   "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
    
2. A justification for something existing or happening
   "he had no cause to complain";
   - reason, grounds
    
3. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
   "they worked in the cause of world peace";
   - campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort
    
4. Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
   "The storm was the cause for the power outage";
   - causal agent, causal agency
    
5. (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
   "The civil rights cause was heard by the Supreme Court";
   - lawsuit, suit, case, causa [archaic]

1. Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   "cause a commotion"; "cause an accident";
   - do, make, engender
    
2. Bring about an action, state, or response
   "The ads caused me to buy a VCR";
   - induce, stimulate, have, get, make

Sounds like: caws, cores, cors

Derived forms: caused, causing, causes

Type of: act, create, inception, justification, legal proceeding, make, move, origin, origination, physical entity, proceeding, proceedings, venture

Encyclopedia: Cause