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cause and effect

cause and effect noun: causation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.

Noun

cause and effect (usually uncountable, plural causes and effects)

  1. (usually) Causation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.
    • “The thesis that the federal republic of Germany is leading an economic war against Russia reverses cause and effect”, said Bodo Ramelow, the Left party state premier for Thuringia.2022 September 19, Philip Oltermann, quoting Bodo Ramelow, “Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia”, in The Guardian

cause and effect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Vietnamese

cause and effect in Hindi

causation, causality
कारण और प्रभाव kāraṇ aur prabhāv

cause and effect in Tamil

வும் விளைவும், காரணமும் விளைவும்

cause and effect in Urdu

causation, causality
وَجَہ و اَثَر vaja o asar

cause and effect in Vietnamese

causation, causality
nhân quả

Forms of cause and effect

pluralcauses and effects

Questions about cause and effect

What does cause and effect mean?
Cause and effect means causation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.
What is cause and effect in Hindi?
Cause and effect in Hindi is कारण और प्रभाव (kāraṇ aur prabhāv). See Cause and effect meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cause and effect?
Cause and effect is a noun.
What is the plural of cause and effect?
The plural of cause and effect is causes and effects.

Words near cause and effect in the dictionary

  1. causators
  2. Causby
  3. Causbys
  4. cause
  5. cause a stir
  6. cause and effect
  7. cause celebre
  8. cause célèbre
  9. cause of action
  10. cause of death
  11. caused

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cause and effect (page history and authors); cause and effect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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