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cause something/somebody to do something The poor harvest caused prices to rise sharply. The bad weather is likely to cause people to stay away. Language Bank ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofcauseverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary causeverb OPALWOPALS /kɔːz/ /kɔːz/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theycause /kɔːz/ /kɔːz/he/she/itcauses /ˈkɔːzɪz/ /ˈkɔːzɪz/pastsimplecaused /kɔːzd/ /kɔːzd/pastparticiplecaused /kɔːzd/ /kɔːzd/-ingformcausing /ˈkɔːzɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːzɪŋ/ jumptootherresults tomakesomethinghappen,especiallysomethingbadorunpleasant;tomakesomebodydosomethingcausesomethingDotheyknowwhatcausedthefire?Areyoucausingtroubleagain?Doctorssayherconditioniscausingsomeconcern.Recentlytherehavebeenseveraldeathscausedbydangerousdriving.causesomethingforsomebody/somethingThedroughtiscausingproblemsformanyfarmers.causesomethingtosomething/somebodyTheearthquakecausedwidespreaddamagetoproperty.Therevelationscausedsomediscomforttothepresident.causesomebodysomethingTheprojectisstillcausinghimalotofproblems.causesomething/somebodytodosomethingThepoorharvestcausedpricestorisesharply.Thebadweatherislikelytocausepeopletostayaway.LanguageBankcausecauseXcausesYChildhoodobesitycancause/leadtolong-termhealthproblems.Changesinlifestyleanddietoverthelasttwentyyearshavecaused/ledto/resultedinasharpincreaseinchildhoodobesity.Severalfactors,includingchangesindietandlifestyle,havecontributedtotheincreaseinchildhoodobesity.Researchsuggeststhatfastfoodandsoftdrinksdirectlycontributetochildhoodobesity.Genetics,lifestyleanddietareallimportantfactorsincasesofchildhoodobesity.Evensmallchangesinlifestyleanddietcanbringaboutsignificantweightloss.languagebankatbecauseof,consequently,thereforeExtraExamplesAseriousroadaccidentcausedtrafficchaosyesterday.Bacteriastickstofooddebrisintheteeth,causingdecay.Heavyrainfallinthemountainscausedthefloods.Thebombingcausedaninternationaloutcry.Thelossofapetcancausesomepeoplerealanguish.Thepresident'sremarkscausedsurpriseandembarrassment.WillitcauseanydifficultiesifIgoearly?TopicsChange,causeandeffecta2WordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromOldFrench,fromLatincausa(noun),causare(verb). Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. SeecauseintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeecauseintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: cause Otherresults Allmatches causenoun ’causeconjunction lostcausenoun causecélèbrenoun probablecausenoun RebelWithoutaCause ’cause befor/inagoodcause inthecauseofsomething make,cause,etc.asplash makecommoncausewithsomebody Seemore Idioms befor/inagoodcause inthecauseofsomething make,cause,etc.asplash makecommoncausewithsomebody Nearbywords causenoun 'causeconjunction causeverb causecélèbrenoun causewaynoun Impressionism noun     FromtheTopic Art C1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay