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Noun causing has 1 sense
  1. causing, causation - the act of causing something to happen
    --1 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
    --1 has particulars:
     sending; trigger, induction, initiation; compulsion, coercion; influence; inducement, inducing
,Verb cause has 2 senses
  1. cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
    --1 is one way to make, create
    Derived forms: noun causation1, noun cause1, noun cause2, noun cause4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
    Derived forms: noun causation1, noun cause1, noun cause2, noun cause4
    Sample sentence:
    They cause him to write the letter
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