cause

Related to cause: cause list, Common Cause
See:
  • a lost cause
  • a rebel without a cause
  • all the more reason for
  • be for a good cause
  • be for/in a good cause
  • be in a good cause
  • cause (one) qualms
  • cause (some) eyebrows to raise
  • cause (some) tongues to wag
  • cause a commotion
  • cause a scene
  • cause a splash
  • cause a stir
  • cause célèbre
  • cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows
  • cause for alarm
  • cause qualms
  • cause raised eyebrows
  • cause some raised eyebrows
  • cause tongues to wag
  • cause trouble
  • cause/create a stir
  • common cause
  • deserving cause
  • drain (something) off to (do something)
  • drain off
  • give cause for
  • give cause for (something)
  • give up the cause
  • hard feelings
  • have cause to (do something)
  • have cause to do
  • have no cause to (do something)
  • lean times
  • lost cause
  • lost cause, a
  • lost without a cause
  • make common cause against (someone or something)
  • make common cause with
  • make common cause with (someone or something)
  • make, cause, etc. a splash
  • men are blind in their own cause
  • no one should be judge in his own cause
  • par for the course
  • rebel without a cause
  • root cause
  • rub into
  • show good cause
  • talk to the hand
  • the root cause
  • worthwhile cause
  • worthy cause
References in classic literature
That is to say, they believe that every psychical event has a psychical cause and a physical concomitant.
He points out, very truly, that the same stimulus, repeated, does not have the same consequences, and he argues that this is contrary to the maxim, "same cause, same effect." It is only necessary, however, to take account of past occurrences and include them with the cause, in order to re-establish the maxim, and the possibility of psychological causal laws.
There is therefore no a priori objection to a causal law in which part of the cause has ceased to exist.
1921; "Die mnemischen Empfindungen," Leipzig, l909), we will give the name of "mnemic phenomena" to those responses of an organism which, so far as hitherto observed facts are concerned, can only be brought under causal laws by including past occurrences in the history of the organism as part of the causes of the present response.
If there are to be purely psychological causal laws, taking no account of the brain and the rest of the body, they will have to be of the form, not "X now causes Y now," but--
But not only fewer just causes of war will be given by the national government, but it will also be more in their power to accommodate and settle them amicably.
Diets high in lactose, a sugar found in milk-based products, can also cause loose stools.
Gordon Elliott, trainer of Cause Of Causes, who won the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham last month, revealed yesterday: "Cause Of Causes is in good form and Paul Carberry has agreed to ride him at Aintree."
"As an animal lover, Petfinder.com is a foundation close to my heart,” said Alvord, the "Choose Your Cause" contest winner.
* Can cause encephalopathic reaction to the vaccine.
Cause marketing is sometimes assumed to be corporate social responsibility (CSR).
In study after study, African Americans have proved to be generous givers--usually donating a higher proportion of our discretionary income to charitable causes than whites.
In June, Reid pointed to global warming as the cause of the conflict.
Independent Cause of Action: A little over two years ago, the New York Court of Appeals in MetLife Auto & Home v.
Then water gets behind them, cools the die, and can cause freeze-off.