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cause
English
Etymology
From Middle English cause, borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), in Middle English also "a thing". Origin uncertain. See accuse, excuse, recuse, ruse. Displaced native Middle English sake (“cause, reason”) (from Old English sacu (“cause”)), Middle English andweorc, andwork (“matter, cause”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, thing, cause”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /k??z/, [k?o?z?]
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?z/, [k???z?]
- Rhymes: -??z
- Homophones: caws, 'cause; cores (non-rhotic dialects)
Noun
cause (countable and uncountable, plural causes)
- (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause
- (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
- Synonyms: grounds, justification
- (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:goal
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
- I did it not for his cause.
- (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
- (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- effect
Verb
cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)
- (transitive) To set off an event or action.
- Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
- (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
- I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.
- To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Derived terms
- causation
- causer
Translations
Further reading
- cause at OneLook Dictionary Search
- cause in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cause in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- -sauce, sauce
Asturian
Verb
cause
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of causar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koz/
- Homophones: causent, causes
Etymology 1
From Old French cause, borrowed from Classical Latin causa. Compare chose, an inherited doublet.
Noun
cause f (plural causes)
- cause
- Antonym: conséquence
- (law) case (a legal proceeding)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
cause
- inflection of causer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cause” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- sauce, sceau
Italian
Noun
cause f pl
- plural of causa
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cause.
Noun
cause (plural causes)
- cause
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- He knew the cause of everich maladye
- He knew the cause of every illness
- He knew the cause of everich maladye
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
Descendants
- English: cause
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cause, borrowed from Latin causa.
Noun
cause f (plural causes)
- (Jersey, law) case
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin causa, whence the inherited chose.
Noun
cause f (oblique plural causes, nominative singular cause, nominative plural causes)
- cause
Descendants
- Middle English: cause
- English: cause
- Middle French: cause
- French: cause
- Norman: cause
Portuguese
Verb
cause
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of causar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of causar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of causar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of causar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kause/, [?kau?.se]
Verb
cause
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of causar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of causar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of causar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of causar.
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spurt
English
Alternative forms
- spirt
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spû(r)t, IPA(key): /sp??(r)t/
- (General American) enPR: spûrt, IPA(key): /sp?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Etymology 1
From earlier spirt, sprit (“to sprout”), from Middle English sprutten, from Old English spryttan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, sow, sprinkle”).
Verb
spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)
- (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.
- (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
- With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some to the . . . Oh, my God! My God! What have I done?
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
Synonyms
- spout
Translations
Noun
spurt (plural spurts)
- A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.
- a spurt of water; a spurt of blood
- (slang) Ejaculation of semen.
- 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)
- Clean all your spurt off me, man.” And so I did.
- 2019, R.W. Clinger, Stockton County Cowboys Box Set, JMS Books LLC (?ISBN)
- (obsolete) A shoot; a bud.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. May be derived from Etymology 1.
Noun
spurt (plural spurts)
- A moment, a short period of time.
- A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford
- The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost as much as the breathless strain of the spurt.
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown At Oxford
- The act of spurting, or something spurted
- 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre
- He thrust against her and deep inside, she felt his spurt of semen. Her clit jumped in response, and Lily tumbled into an orgasm that shook her clear to her toes.
- 2015, Shelley Munro, Alexandre
Derived terms
- growth spurt
Translations
Verb
spurt (third-person singular simple present spurts, present participle spurting, simple past and past participle spurted)
- (intransitive) To make a strong effort for a short period of time.
- The bullion market spurted on Thursday.
- The runners spurted to the last lap as if they had extracted new energy from the applauds of the audience.
Translations
Anagrams
- Prust, turps
Danish
Etymology
From English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spu?rt/, [sb?u???d?]
Noun
spurt c (singular definite spurten, plural indefinite spurter)
- spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)
Inflection
Related terms
- slutspurt
- spurte
Verb
spurt
- imperative of spurte
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?rt/
- Hyphenation: spurt
- Rhymes: -?rt
Noun
spurt m (plural spurts, diminutive spurtje n)
- spurt (short sudden energetic effort), especially in running or cycling
Related terms
- spurten
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp????/
Verb
spurt
- supine form of spyrja
Noun
spurt
- indefinite accusative singular of spurtur
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
spurt
- past participle of spørre
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
spurt
- neuter past participle of spørja and spørje
Swedish
Etymology
From English spurt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?rt/
Noun
spurt (c)
- spurt (any sudden but not prolonged action)
Inflection
Related terms
- slutspurt
- spurtsträcka
- spurta
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