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verursachen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • cause noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  • entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  • induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
  • prompt adj Done quickly, without delay.
  • wreak verb To cause or inflict something damaging or violent, such as havoc, damage, or revenge.

Senses

verursachen is used for these senses in English:

  • breed (obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.
  • cause (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.
  • cause (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  • entail (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
  • induce (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • wreak (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

cause — full definition

  1. noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  2. noun A goal or movement that people support or fight for.
  3. verb To make something happen; to bring about.

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