Meanings
nouncause and effect (usually uncountable, plural causes and effects)
plural causes and effects
- uncountableusuallyCausation; causality; the process whereby a cause leads to an effect.
“The thesis that the federal republic of Germany is leading an economic war against Russia reverses cause and effect”, said Bodo Ramelow, the Left party state premier for Thuringia.
2022 September 19, Philip Oltermann, quoting Bodo Ramelow, “Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia”, in The Guardian
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 因果
- 因果 (yīnguǒ)causation, causality
German Ursache und Wirkung
- Ursache und Wirkungcausation, causality
Hindi कारण और प्रभाव
- कारण और प्रभाव (kāraṇ aur prabhāv)causation, causality
Irish cúis agus éifeacht
- cúis agus éifeachtcausation, causality
Japanese 因果
- 因果 (inga)causation, causality
Korean 인과
- 인과 (in'gwa)causation, causality
Polish ciąg przyczynowo-skutkowy
- ciąg przyczynowo-skutkowycausation, causality
Russian причина и следствие
- причина и следствие (pričina i sledstvije)causation, causality
Spanish causa y efecto
- causa y efectocausation, causality
Urdu وَجَہ و اَثَر
- وَجَہ و اَثَر (vaja o asar)causation, causality
Vietnamese nhân quả
- nhân quảcausation, causality
Cite this entry
APA
cause and effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cause%20and%20effect
MLA
“cause and effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cause%20and%20effect. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cause and effect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cause%20and%20effect.
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