This can mean either to make something happen, or the reason that something happens.
implies that the outcome of one event is due to the influence of another. Criminologists strive to identify causal relationships. The assumption is that if causal relationships can be found then prevention measures can be more accurately defined.
Cause(s) is/are the stimuli that make(s) something happen.
A reason or condition that has brought about the developmental delay or disability in a child resulting his/her current conditions.(the thing that cause him/her, on one, something that cause a problem)
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
any entity that causes events to happen
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
a force that changes something else
a monthly social/networking event at a local bar/club with over several hundred attending
an event, such as a change in one variable, that produces another event, such as a change in a second variable
an event that is correlated with an effect in a non-accidental way
a rational evaluation or reasoning of the event
a real mental event or change
is the reason for the difference between the expected and actual conditions (why the difference exists). (430.04.7c)
A reason or explanation for a problem or illness based on analysis and/or investigation.
Common Cause - Influences on a process that are part of normal, everyday activity; common cause factors are usually harder to eliminate, as they require changes to the process. Special Cause - Those instances or events that impact processes only under special circumstances - i.e. not part of the normal, daily operation of the process.
a cause of a disease is an event, condition, characteristic or a combination of these factors that plays an important role in producing the disease.
Something that produces an effect.
An event (A) that inevitably precedes another event (B) as a result of some underlying structure.
a factor or event that produces a second event. In public health, a factor that increases the probability of developing a disease; smoking, for example, causes lung cancer.
Cause as used in the advanced design sense can have multiple meanings coming from Aristotle who proposed four types: "Efficient cause" is one that produces some sort of outcome. "Material cause" happens because the outcome is made of the cause. "Formative cause" is the case where the condition is an element of the outcome. "Final cause" or "teleological cause" where the outcome is the result of intention or the purpose of the antecedent condition.