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Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to make something happen
causeFirefighters determined that a campfire spark caused the wildfire.
bring aboutMany illnesses are brought about by poor diet and lack of exercise.
result inThe fire resulted in damage to their house.
lead toReducing speed limits has led to fewer deaths on the motorways.
makeThe heat is making me tired.
arouseIt's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest.
Sitting hunched over a computer all day can cause problems.整天弓身坐在电脑前可能会导致问题。
Some types of paint on toys can cause lead-poisoning in children.玩具上的某些涂料会导致儿童铅中毒。
The bomb was designed to cause the maximum amount of damage.设计这种炸弹是为了造成最大程度的破坏。
He's always trying to cause trouble between us.
Smoking can cause respiratory diseases.吸烟会导致呼吸系统疾病。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing things to happen
activate
activation
actuation
agent
attribute
attribute something to someone
hyperstimulate
hyperstimulation
implement
implementation
in
launch pad
pioneer
Pygmalion effect
reactivate
realization
realize
reattribute
render
spark

Examples of caused

caused

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

A doctor told him that this condition was caused by excess consumption of roasted and fried food.
However, there are some things that are difficult to explain if we wish to argue that garlic caused this outbreak.
The small differences are caused by structural responses triggered by the imbalance vibration of the hubs.
These and the reduction of crop yields caused by the trees were considered as the principal costs.
This is probably an artefact caused by the relative scarcity of saplings and a few larger saplings found close to adult trees.
It is unlikely that, in this case, the aneurysmal transformation had been caused by tuberculosis, considering its frequent association with peri-membranous ventricular septal defects.
Although the reason for these discrepancies is unclear, it might be caused by the extensive use of transfected cells overexpressing membrane proteins.
From another point of view, the problem here is caused by the presence of identities (that is, empty pasting diagrams).
Variations in pixel size of the random pixel array only caused minor changes in the cells' preferred velocity.
Furthermore, difficulties with establishing personal contacts, caused, for instance, by social anxiety, add to loneliness.
This concern notwithstanding, this reform 'agreement' would still have caused difficulties because it broke the budget expenditure limit agreed the previous month.
They also caused difficulties when they affected routines that were hard for people with dementia to learn and remember.
When making these observations, however, flight was ignored, owing to the difficulties caused by its very short duration in the small observation-jars.
Rampant corruption and lack of public accountability has caused deep popular distrust of the state.
As a result, these overlapping groups and contrasting methods of definition have caused the nature and identity of the group to remain elusive.
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