| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. That which produces an effect: antecedent, cause. See START. 2. That which provides a reason or justification: call, cause, ground (often used in plural), justification, necessity, reason, wherefore, why. Idioms: why and wherefore. See START. 3. Something that happens: circumstance, event, happening, incident, occurrence, thing. See HAPPEN. 4. Something significant that happens: circumstance, development, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occurrence, thing. See HAPPEN. 5. The general point at which an event occurs: time. Idioms: point in time. See TIME. 6. A favorable or advantageous combination of circumstances: break, chance, opening, opportunity. Informal : shot. See LUCK. 7. A large or important social gathering: affair, celebration, festivity, fete, function, gala, party, soiree. Informal : do. Slang : bash. See GROUP, WORK. | | VERB: | 1. To be a proper or sufficient occasion for: call for, justify, warrant. See RIGHT. 2. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START.
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