causing Definition

cause
noun

1. Something which produces an effect; the person or thing through which something happens.

Thesaurus: motive, foundation, root, antecedent, mainspring, agent, basis, wellspring, source, origin, determinant; Antonym: result, effect, outcome.aim, object, goal, intention, purpose, target.
2. A reason or justification.

Example: There is no cause for concern
3. An ideal, principle, aim, etc, that people support and work for.

Example: She dedicated her life to the feminist cause
4. A matter that is to be settled by a lawsuit; the lawsuit itself.

verb

caused, causing
1. To produce as an effect; to bring about something.

Thesaurus: effect, generate, produce, incite, create, begin, compel, provoke, induce, occasion, bring about, originate, start.

Idiom: make common cause with someone

To co-operate with them, so as to achieve a common aim.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin causa.