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Definition of causing:
Synonyms:
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causing (part of speech: verb)
- engendering,
- generating,
- inducing,
- driving,
- executing,
- provoking,
- making,
- effecting,
- bringing about,
- giving rise to,
- producing,
- eliciting,
- engineering,
- acting,
- enforcing,
- motivating,
- inspiring,
- originating,
- forcing,
- evoking
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compelling (part of speech: verb)
- fomenting,
- obliging,
- inciting,
- browbeating,
- dragooning,
- mandating,
- compelling,
- hijacking,
- driving,
- intimidating,
- pressuring,
- goading,
- pushing,
- pressing,
- bullying,
- motivating,
- galvanizing,
- nagging,
- bulldozing,
- stressing,
- stimulating,
- propelling,
- urging,
- impelling,
- daunting,
- coercing,
- dictating,
- sparking
Usage examples:
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He knew all this as well as I do; and I am surprised that he should have forced his way into your mother's house with the mere object of causing you embarrassment."
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Amazed that one who had served under his banners should dare to dispute his will, Napoleon suffered himself to speak openly of causing Bernadotte to finish his Swedish studies in Vincennes.