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common causes

common causes is the plural of common cause.

Meaning of common cause

Noun

common cause (countable and uncountable, plural common causes)

  1. A shared purpose.
    • And now a common enemy—pollution—promises to press the littoral nations of the Baltic into common cause.1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 605
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, cause.

Questions about common causes

What is common causes the plural of?
Common causes is the plural of common cause.

Words near common causes in the dictionary

  1. common carp
  2. common carps
  3. common carrier
  4. common carriers
  5. common cause
  6. common causes
  7. common caustic
  8. Common Celtic
  9. common centaury
  10. common chaffinch
  11. common chaffinches

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