CAUSE
What does "CAUSE" mean?
A thing or person that produces an effect, or a principle people commit to.
Meanings
- Something that produces an effect, result, or condition. Investigators are still searching for the cause of the fire.
- A principle, aim, or movement that people support and work for. She devoted her life to the cause of literacy.
- Sufficient reason or grounds for an action or feeling. There is no cause for alarm.
- To make something happen; to bring about. The icy roads caused several accidents.
Did you know?
- The Spanish and Italian word for 'thing' - 'cosa' - comes from the very same Latin word as 'cause': 'causa' originally meant a legal matter, and 'the matter' slid all the way to 'the thing'.
Word origin
From Latin 'causa' ('reason, motive, lawsuit'), via Old French 'cause'; the same Latin root also gave English 'because' and, through Spanish, the word 'cosa'.
Remember it
A CAUSE is the 'because' you give - both words share the same Latin root 'causa'.
A little poem
Pull one thread and the whole sleeve unwinds-
no effect arrives without its parent,
though the parent often slips away unseen.
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Wordplay
- I joined a movement to abolish 'because.' We have no reason - we just don't believe in cause.
What it teaches
Treat the symptom and it returns; only the cause, once named, lets you finally let go.
Quick facts
What does CAUSE mean?
A thing or person that produces an effect, or a principle people commit to.
Is CAUSE a valid word?
Yes — CAUSE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CAUSE?
CAUSE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CAUSE come from?
From Latin 'causa' ('reason, motive, lawsuit'), via Old French 'cause'; the same Latin root also gave English 'because' and, through Spanish, the word 'cosa'.
What can CAUSE teach us?
Treat the symptom and it returns; only the cause, once named, lets you finally let go.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.