CAUSE


Meaning of CAUSE in English

I

n.

movement

objective

1) to advance, champion, fight for, promote; serve a ~

2) to espouse, plead a ~

3) to take up a ~

4) a common; good, just, worthwhile, worthy ~ (to make common ~ with smb.)

5) a lost ~

reason

6) to give; show ~ for

7) (legal) probable ~

8) a deep-rooted, root, underlying; immediate; leading, major; primary; secondary; ultimate ~

9) natural ~s (to die of natural ~s)

10) (a) ~ for (there is no ~ for alarm)

11) ~ to + inf. (to find ~ to rejoice; there is no ~ to complain; she had good ~ to be disappointed)

II

v.

1) ( A ; usu. without to ) we ~d them a lot of trouble

2) (rare) ( H ; no passive) the incident ~d me to reflect

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.