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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 causing

causing

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

This overvalued the currency, causing an increase in imports and thus a current-account deficit.
Although frequently considered as causing minimal non-disabling symptoms, peripheral neuropathy in the elderly patient can in fact be responsible for considerable functional disability.
However, spatial pooling can blend different motion signals together, causing them to begin to cancel.
What, we dare ask, could possibly be causing this?
Since sheep do not possess the opiate receptors responsible for causing anesthesia, they are not an appropriate model for testing narcotic anesthesia in the fetus.
Firstly, alien insects causing economic damage are more likely and more rapidly discovered than insects that are economically harmless.
Intentions driven by habit can be interrupted, often by unforeseen or relatively dramatic events, causing the agent to deliberate and perhaps adopt another intention.
We excluded patients with transient ischaemic attacks, subarachnoid haemorrhage and previous cerebrovascular events causing a persistent neurological deficit.
He had appeared weak and confused, causing his family to call for assistance from emergency services.
We evaluated the consequences of carriage on the spectrum of bacteria causing infections developing during hospitalization.
It is to be feared that these problems will put many potential readers off, causing the value of its content to be overlooked.
However, the situation may improve in cases where the degeneracy can be removed by identifying and eliminating redundant constraints causing the degeneracy.
The estimated curves characterize crop losses due to droughts as well as excessive rains causing siltation, excessive soil humidity, and floods.
A lesser factor causing intrafraction error is cardiac motion.
It feeds on the phloem in leaf sheaths, causing wilting and drying of the leaves.
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