cause
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3.6
- noun
- /kɔz/
:
causa
- Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself.
- support the cause
- advance the cause
- champion the cause
When you believe in that cause, facts are trivial.
- When you believe in that cause, facts are trivial.
Examples
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Thus, they fight in the cause of God, willing to kill and get killed.
Academic text (2008) -
I wish court had gone better and that the judge was more sympathetic to our cause.
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There is a sense of united cause because of an outside threat.
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Sir, how are we helping our cause by remaining here waiting to die?
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This is truly a noble cause for prosperity.
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I'm your partner in this cause.
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We will enter the South as civilians coming from the neutral state of Kentucky to join the Southern cause.
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The leaders of the CTAU embraced the cause of abstinence for a variety of reasons.
Academic text (1990) -
I am cautiously hopeful about where the pro-life cause currently stands in the Supreme Court.
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Many people are rallying together to support the environmental cause and protect our planet.
Synonyms
∞
2.7
A planned set of public actions to win support
∞
3.6
A group of people who work together for a common goal
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3.5
An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together
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7.1
A strong campaign over time to bring social, political, or religious change
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3.2
A group of people who work together to change laws or government policy
Compounds
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9.3
An event like a trial that gets a lot of public attention because people strongly disagree about it
- Formal
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9.9
A being or force believed to be the original reason everything exists and was not made by anything
How Supported
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cause in the sense of a movement or aim comes from Latin causa, meaning 'reason' or 'purpose'. That's why a 'cause' is a purpose people support and work for.