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Plural of cause

regular plural

The plural of cause is causes.

Forms of cause

Singularcause /kɔːz/
Pluralcauses /ˈkɔːzɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Causes in a sentence

  • Pressing a piano key causes the action of the hammer on the string.From the entry action
  • Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.From the entry enough
  • Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.From the entry extremity
  • Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.From the entry architect
  • That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start.From the entry woolly

Meaning of cause

  1. noun The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
  2. noun Sufficient reason.
  3. noun A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

Full definition of cause

Questions about the plural of cause

What is the plural of cause?
The plural of cause is causes.
Is cause countable?
Cause is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cause (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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