cause
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
Types & categories
- origination hypernym
- antecedent hyponym
- etiology hyponym
- factor hyponym
- producer hyponym
- mutagenesis hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
cause a commotion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- causal agent derivation
- causing derivation
- cause derivation
- cause derivation
- causative derivation
Sense 3 noun
a justification for something existing or happening
he had no cause to complain
Types & categories
- justification hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
The ads induced me to buy a VCR
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- causal agent derivation
- causing derivation
- trigger derivation
- inducing derivation
- stimulation derivation
- stimulant derivation
- cause derivation
- cause derivation
- inducement derivation
- persuader derivation
- causative derivation
- inducive derivation
Sense 5 noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
he supported populist campaigns
Types & categories
- venture hypernym
- advertising campaign hyponym
- anti-war movement hyponym
- charm campaign hyponym
- consumerism hyponym
- campaigning hyponym
- fund-raising campaign hyponym
- feminist movement hyponym
- gay liberation movement hyponym
- lost cause hyponym
- reform hyponym
- war hyponym
- youth movement hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
Types & categories
- physical entity hypernym
- person hyponym
- agent hyponym
- nature hyponym
- occult hyponym
- theurgy hyponym
- first cause hyponym
- destiny hyponym
- catalyst hyponym
- deus ex machina hyponym
- manipulator hyponym
- power hyponym
- vital principle hyponym
- engine hyponym
- cause of death hyponym
- danger hyponym
- agent hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
the family brought suit against the landlord
Types & categories
- proceeding hypernym
- civil suit hyponym
- class action hyponym
- countersuit hyponym
- criminal suit hyponym
- moot hyponym
- paternity suit hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | causal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | origination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antecedent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | etiology |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | factor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | producer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mutagenesis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | causal agent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | causing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | causative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | effect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | occasion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | call forth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spawn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | impel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | causal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | justification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | causal agent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | causing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inducing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inducement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | persuader |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | causative |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inducive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decide |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | persuade |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | solicit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | let |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lead |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | suborn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | oblige |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aim |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | push back |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ram |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | drive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | labor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusade |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | venture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | advertising campaign |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | anti-war movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | charm campaign |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | consumerism |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | campaigning |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | fund-raising campaign |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | feminist movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gay liberation movement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lost cause |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reform |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | war |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | youth movement |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cause |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | causal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical entity |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | person |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | nature |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | occult |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | theurgy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | first cause |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | destiny |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | catalyst |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deus ex machina |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | manipulator |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | power |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | vital principle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | engine |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cause of death |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | danger |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | action |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | proceeding |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil suit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | class action |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | countersuit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | criminal suit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | moot |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | paternity suit |