Used in a Sentence

causes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for causes.

Editorial note

And I suspect, these causes were also main causes in the US.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of causes gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

noun

(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

noun

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for causes.

verb

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

noun

(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.

noun

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

verb

(ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

Example sentences

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And I suspect, these causes were also main causes in the US.

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Mindfulness is a practice which causes focus on one's thoughts, emotions and mental state in the present moment.

3

Spending it causes people in the world to adjust what they're doing to satisfy what you're asking for.

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This causes software projects to be both extremely expensive, hard to estimate and with terrible success rates.

5

Seems to me they keep voting for this terrible managment, so there are plenty of causes to rally for/against.

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Sorry to be a stickler but Retina is a worthless term and just causes confusion.

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Understanding what causes performance issues and how to use Xcode's profiling tools is useful too.

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Haven't been doing it long enough to figure out the new problems it causes, though.

9

Those numbers are total police officer deaths across all causes, not just shootings, which was what the parent was talking about.

10

This causes unsigned arithmetic to contaminate parts of your code that you thought were signed.

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By the same logic hacker is someone who breaks into systems and causes mischief.

12

Buzz failed for very different causes: it was a twitter clone that offered no additional functionality and even compromised your gmail privacy.

Quote examples

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If you get it wrong you can also see your program's behavior change with the compiler optimization level, which is incredibly frustrating (and causes a lot of "the compiler is buggy!" beliefs).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use causes in a sentence?

And I suspect, these causes were also main causes in the US.

What does causes mean?

(transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.

What part of speech is causes?

causes is commonly used as verb, noun.