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"(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."
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"word": "պատճառ"
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"word": "kausa"
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"roman": "pryčýna",
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"tags": [
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"roman": "yuányīn",
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"roman": "cavsa",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
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"word": "lähde"
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
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"word": "მიზეზი"
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"code": "he",
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"word": "ok"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
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"word": "orsök"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "kausa"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "penyebab"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "réasún"
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"tags": [
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"word": "siocair"
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
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"word": "accuis"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
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"word": "causa"
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"alt": "げんいん",
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"word": "原因"
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"word": "ហេតុ"
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
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"word": "Ursaach"
},
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"feminine"
],
"word": "при́чина"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
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{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "pasal"
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{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "whakataenga"
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{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "årsak"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grunn"
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{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "intinga"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سبب"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przyczyna"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cauză"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pričína",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "причи́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osnovánije",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "основа́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "hetu",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "हेतु"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adhbhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ра́злог"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀зрок"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rázlog"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùzrok"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causanza"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príčina"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vzrok"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "razlog"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "orsak"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grund"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "сабаб"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎa-hèet",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "สาเหตุ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sebep"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "neden"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryčýna",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "причи́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "waja",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "وجہ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سبب"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bāis",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "باعث"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "sewep",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سەۋەپ"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "xusus",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "خۇسۇس"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sabab"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "nguyên nhân"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achos"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "oarsaak"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sebeb"
},
{
"_dis1": "51 32 1 3 5 7",
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4"
],
"word": "umsuka"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "There is no cause for alarm.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The end of the war was a cause for celebration.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He has no cause to do that.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sufficient reason."
],
"id": "en-cause-en-noun-J3vwHLIt",
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"(uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason."
],
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"with for and a bare noun"
],
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{
"word": "grounds"
},
{
"word": "justification"
}
],
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"especially",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 9 9 32 11 19 4 0 5 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Philanthropy",
"orig": "en:Philanthropy",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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{
"ref": "1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, Casablanca, spoken by Rick (Humphrey Bogart)",
"text": "I'm not fighting for anything anymore, except myself. I'm the only cause I'm interested in.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1999, John McCain, Faith of My Fathers, New York: Random House, page 348",
"text": "There is much to regret about America's failure in Vietnam. The reasons are etched in black marble on the Washington Mall. But we had believed the cause that America had asked us to serve in Vietnam was a worthy one, and millions who defended it had done so honorably.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Drew Karpyshyn, “Epilogue”, in Mass Effect: Ascension, Del Rey Books, page 341",
"text": "\"I thought you were loyal to the cause, Paul.\"\n“I was,” Grayson answered. “Then I saw the kind of people who share your vision, and I had a change of heart.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends."
],
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[
"goal",
"goal"
],
[
"aim",
"aim"
],
[
"principle",
"principle"
],
[
"transcend",
"transcend"
],
[
"selfish",
"selfish"
]
],
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"(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends."
],
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"en:principled goal"
],
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{
"word": "goal"
}
],
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"countable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaḍiyya",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَضِيَّة"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "iş"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kauza",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кауза"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sag"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "doel"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "eesmärk"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "siht"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "üritus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "tarkoitus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "asia"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "tavoite"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cause"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sache"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skopós",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σκοπός"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "matará",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַטָּרָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "málstaður"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taigi",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "大義"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cauză"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délo",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "де́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stremlenije",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стремление"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adhbhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ства̑р"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "прѝнцӣп"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ци̑љ"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "свр̀ха"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvȃr"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "prìncīp"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cȋlj"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "svr̀ha"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stvar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "správa",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спра́ва"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 7 71 4 9 7",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achos"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Sake; interest; advantage."
],
"id": "en-cause-en-noun-kh7JF1Vn",
"links": [
[
"Sake",
"sake"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
]
],
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"(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"obsolete",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair."
],
"id": "en-cause-en-noun-UlqmNVzW",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"id": "en-cause-en-noun-QUzCTY6p",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"suit",
"suit"
],
[
"action",
"action"
]
],
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"(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."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɔːz/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰoːz̥]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔz/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰɒːz̥]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑz/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "caws"
},
{
"homophone": "'cause"
},
{
"homophone": "cores (non-rhotic dialects)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːz"
},
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"feminine"
],
"word": "reden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanleiding"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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},
{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "alus"
},
{
"code": "et",
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},
{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "põhjus"
},
{
"code": "ett",
"lang": "Etruscan",
"roman": "cavsa",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "juuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "lähde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raison"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mizezi",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "მიზეზი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sapuʒveli",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "საფუძველი"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ursache"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anlass"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Grund"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "he",
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "is",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
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"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "réasún"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "siocair"
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{
"code": "sga",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accuis"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "ហេតុ"
},
{
"code": "kij",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "uula"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"word": "원인"
},
{
"code": "ky",
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"word": "шылтоо"
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{
"code": "la",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cēlonis"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priežastis"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pagrindas"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ursaach"
},
{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "príčina",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́чина"
},
{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sebab"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "pasal"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "whakataenga"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "årsak"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grunn"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "intinga"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سبب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przyczyna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cauză"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "причи́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "основа́ние"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "hetu",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "हेतु"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adhbhar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ра́злог"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀зрок"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rázlog"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùzrok"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causanza"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príčina"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vzrok"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "razlog"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "orsak"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grund"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "сабаб"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎa-hèet",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "สาเหตุ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sebep"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "neden"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryčýna",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "причи́на"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "waja",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "وجہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سبب"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bāis",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "باعث"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "sewep",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "سەۋەپ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "xusus",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "خۇسۇس"
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{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sabab"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "nguyên nhân"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achos"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "oarsaak"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"word": "sebeb"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "source or reason of an event or action",
"tags": [
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"class-4"
],
"word": "umsuka"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaḍiyya",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قَضِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "iş"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kauza",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кауза"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sag"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "doel"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "eesmärk"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "siht"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "üritus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "tarkoitus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "asia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "tavoite"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cause"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sache"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skopós",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σκοπός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "matará",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַטָּרָה"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "málstaður"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "taigi",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"word": "大義"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cauză"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délo",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "де́ло"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stremlenije",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "стремление"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adhbhar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ства̑р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "прѝнцӣп"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "свр̀ха"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvȃr"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cȋlj"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "svr̀ha"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stvar"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "causa"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "спра́ва"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "goal, aim, principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achos"
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɔːz/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰoːz̥]",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔz/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰɒːz̥]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɑz/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"homophone": "caws"
},
{
"homophone": "'cause"
},
{
"homophone": "cores (non-rhotic dialects)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔːz"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-cause.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/En-us-cause.ogg/En-us-cause.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/En-us-cause.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "kôz"
}
],
"word": "cause"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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