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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" campaign: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" lawsuit: 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" induce: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
출처: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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| cause of death |
the causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"
출처: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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(cause) (kawz) [L. causa] that which brings about any condition or produces any effect.
출처: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
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The philosophical concept of causality or causation refers to the set of all particular "causal" or "cause-and-effect" relations. A neutral definition is notoriously hard to provide since every aspect of causation has received substantial debate. Most generally, causation is a relationship that holds between events, objects, variables, or states of affairs. It is usually presumed that the cause chronologically precedes the effect. ...
출처: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause
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is the reason for the difference between the expected and actual conditions (why the difference exists). (430.04.7c)
출처: www.indiana.edu/~iuaudit/glossary.html
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