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'cause

21 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 'cause (conjunction)
  2. cause (noun)
  3. cause (verb)
  4. cause célèbre (noun)
  5. cause list (noun)
  6. cause of action
  7. efficient cause (noun)
  8. final cause (noun)
  9. first cause (noun)
  10. formal cause (noun)
  11. good cause (noun)
  12. immanent cause (noun)
  13. lost cause (noun)
  14. material cause (noun)
  15. occasional cause (noun)
  16. primary cause (noun)
  17. probable cause (noun)
  18. second cause (noun)
  19. transient cause (noun)
  20. universal cause (noun)
  21. make (verb)

'cause

conjunction \ˈkȯz, ˈkəz\

Definition of 'CAUSE

: because
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Examples of 'CAUSE

  1. <he left 'cause I told him to bug off>

First Known Use of 'CAUSE

15th century

Related to 'CAUSE

Synonyms: as, as long as, because, being (as or as how or that) [chiefly dialect], since, considering, for, inasmuch as, now, seeing, whereas

Rhymes with 'CAUSE

cause, clause, gauze, hawse, pause, tawse, yaws

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