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`causing
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`present participle of cause
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`cause
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`verb [ T ]
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`to make something happen, especially something bad:
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`The difficult driving conditions caused several accidents.
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`[ + obj + to infinitive ] The bright light caused her to blink.
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`Most heart attacks are caused by blood clots.
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`[ + two objects ] I hope the children haven't caused you too much trouble.
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`bring
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`inflict
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`to make something happen
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`cause Firefighters determined that a campfire spark caused the wildfire.
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`bring about Many illnesses are brought about by poor diet and lack of exercise.
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`result in The fire resulted in damage to their house.
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`lead to Reducing speed limits has led to fewer deaths on the motorways.
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`make The heat is making me tired.
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`arouse It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest.
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`(Definition of causing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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`EXAMPLES of causing
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`In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of
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`This overvalued the currency, causing an increase in imports and thus a current-account deficit.
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`Although frequently considered as causing minimal non-disabling symptoms, peripheral
`neuropathy in the elderly patient can in fact be responsible for considerable functional disability.
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`However, spatial pooling can blend different motion signals together, causing them to begin to
`cancel.
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`What, we dare ask, could possibly be causing this?
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`Since sheep do not possess the opiate receptors responsible for causing anesthesia, they are
`not an appropriate model for testing narcotic anesthesia in the fetus.
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`Firstly, alien insects causing economic damage are more likely and more rapidly discovered
`than insects that are economically harmless.
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`Intentions driven by habit can be interrupted, often by unforeseen or relatively dramatic events,
`causing the agent to deliberate and perhaps adopt another intention.
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`We excluded patients with transient ischaemic attacks, subarachnoid haemorrhage and
`previous cerebrovascular events causing a persistent neurological deficit.
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`He had appeared weak and confused, causing his family to call for assistance from emergency
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`We evaluated the consequences of carriage on the spectrum of bacteria causing infections
`developing during hospitalization.
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`It is to be feared that these problems will put many potential readers off, causing the value of its
`content to be overlooked.
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`However, the situation may improve in cases where the degeneracy can be removed by
`identifying and eliminating redundant constraints causing the degeneracy.
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`The estimated curves characterize crop losses due to droughts as well as excessive rains
`causing siltation, excessive soil humidity, and floods.
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`A lesser factor causing intrafraction error is cardiac motion.
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`It feeds on the phloem in leaf sheaths, causing wilting and drying of the leaves.
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