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causing

UK/ˈkɔːzɪŋ/US/ˈkɔzɪŋ/

causing is the present participle and gerund of cause.

Meaning of cause

Verb

cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)

  1. (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.
    • The lightning caused thunder.
  2. (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
    • His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
  3. (obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
    • He, to shifte their curious request, / Gan causen why she could not come in place.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Forms of causing

alternative formcauseing

Words formed from causing

Phrases with causing

Questions about causing

What is causing the present participle and gerund of?
Causing is the present participle and gerund of cause.
How do you pronounce causing?
Causing is pronounced /ˈkɔːzɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near causing in the dictionary

  1. causeymen
  2. causeys
  3. causiaroside
  4. causidical
  5. causimomancy
  6. causing
  7. causing a stir
  8. causingness
  9. causitive
  10. Causley
  11. Caussade

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