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make/find common cause — formal : to join together with someone in order to achieve a shared goal He has made common cause with political rivals to defeat the proposed new law. • • • Main Entry: ↑cause … Useful english dictionary
common — com|mon1 W1S1 [ˈkɔmən US ˈka: ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(happening often)¦ 2¦(a lot)¦ 3¦(same/similar)¦ 4 common ground 5¦(shared by everyone)¦ 6 common knowledge 7 the common good 8 common practice 9¦(ordinary)¦ 10 common c … Dictionary of contemporary English
cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ … Collocations dictionary
cause — I n. movement objective 1) to advance, champion, fight for, promote; serve a cause 2) to espouse, plead a cause 3) to take up a cause 4) a common; good, just, worthwhile, worthy cause (to make common cause with smb.) 5) a lost cause reason 6) to… … Combinatory dictionary
Common ground (communication technique) — This article is about the interpersonal communication technique of finding common ground. For other uses, see Common Ground. Finding common ground is a technique for facilitating interpersonal relationships. In order to find common ground between … Wikipedia
cause — [[t]kɔ͟ːz[/t]] ♦ causes, causing, caused 1) N COUNT: oft N of n The cause of an event, usually a bad event, is the thing that makes it happen. Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and disease... The causes are a complex blend of… … English dictionary
common — com|mon1 [ kamən ] adjective *** ▸ 1 frequent/frequently ▸ 2 used/done etc by group ▸ 3 ordinary ▸ 4 reaching usual standard ▸ 5 of low social class ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) happening frequently or existing in large amounts or numbers: Mergers and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
Common cold — Classification and external resources A representation of the molecular surface of one variant of human rhinovirus. ICD 10 J … Wikipedia
Common Lisp — Paradigm(s) Multi paradigm: procedural, functional, object oriented, meta, reflective, generic Appeared in 1984, 1994 for ANSI Common Lisp Developer ANSI X3J13 committee Typing discipline … Wikipedia
