| صيغ مركبة |
| cause and effect n | (principle of causality) | السبب والمسبب |
| cause anguish v | (torment) | يعذّب |
| | The thought of her son fighting in a war so far away caused Cindy untold anguish. |
| cause celebre, cause célèbre n | (controversial issue) | قضية مشهورة |
| | Global warming has become a cause célèbre. |
| cause for alarm n | (sth that creates panic) | حالة تسبب الذعر |
| | Even though the pilot said that there was no cause for alarm, the turbulence made all the passengers nervous. |
| cause inflammation v | (infect, produce swelling) | يسبب الالتهاب |
| | If you don't keep that wound clean, the germs will cause inflammation and infection. |
| | Nurses are taught the four traditional signs of inflammation: rubor, calor, tumor and dolor. |
| cause interference v | (confuse radio, tv, telephone, signals) | يشوّش |
| | Lightning storms cause interference with my TV reception. |
| cause pain v | (hurt physically) | يؤلم جسدياً |
| | As a nurse, I sometimes had to perform procedures that caused people pain. |
| cause pain v | (torment, hurt emotionally) | يعذّب، يسبب المعاناة |
| | Although I didn't want to cause him pain, I felt that I had no choice but to tell him about his wife's infidelity. |
| great cause n | (sb or sth deserving of charity) | قضية تستحق عمل الخير |
| lost cause n | (sb or sth hopeless) | حالة ميئوس منها |
| | We may as well give up on the plan; it's a lost cause. |
| make common cause with vtr | (unite, join forces with) | يتّحد مع |
| | The union made common cause with the government in an effort to keep the factory from leaving town. |
| probable cause n | (likely reason) | سبب محتمل |
| | Without probable cause, much less a warrant, the police were unable to search the suspect's car, where they were sure he kept some drugs. |
| probable cause n | (law: enough evidence to justify arrest) | سبب محتمل، أساس |
| | The blood-stained shirt gave the detectives probable cause to arrest the suspected killer. |
| root cause n | (origin) | الأصل، الجذر |
| | The root cause of the world's problems is too many people. |