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Caused meaning
simple past and past participle of cause
Using Caused
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of cause
- In the example corpus, caused often appears in combinations such as: caused by, caused the, has caused.
Context around Caused
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 14 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Caused
- In this selection, "caused" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vessels, rain, flowers, physically, floods and necrotizing stand out and add context to how "caused" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afoot that caused the deaths, also been caused by regulatory, damage caused and caused considerable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "caused" sits close to words such as revealed, cent and paid, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with caused
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
While some of that increase was caused by a growing number of workers, it’s also been caused by regulatory spread. (21 words)
An 1848 illustration showing the royal family next to the tree caused a sensation and caused many Britons to imitate the custom. (22 words)
Boyko said it’s difficult at this time to identify if the explosion caused the fire or if the fire caused the explosion. (23 words)
Local economic growth has been on a steady decline induced by the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the disruptions of supply chains caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and weather-related shocks such as the Cyclones Idai, Ana and Gombe. (43 words)
It’s been well documented that rain caused a superbloom and a superbloom has caused misery to rain down on places like Lake Elsinore, where people have trampled flowers, caused traffic jams, and even hit (and ran) a city employee. (40 words)
Doctors were uncertain what had caused this massive drop in his potassium level, until one asked Joacim whether he liked the sweet treat - and quickly determined that his symptoms were caused by the huge amounts of salty liquorice he consumed. (40 words)
Does he again have an elderly moment to remember that is what caused the politically instigated protests and that there is a view out there that mischief was afoot that caused the deaths of the three protesters? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It may lead to amputation if there is extensive damage to blood vessels caused by the toxins or if the bacterial infection has caused necrotizing fasciitis, where bacteria has caused tissue death in the affected areas.
It’s been well documented that rain caused a superbloom and a superbloom has caused misery to rain down on places like Lake Elsinore, where people have trampled flowers, caused traffic jams, and even hit (and ran) a city employee.
Punishment can be pain caused physically (such as caning), humiliation caused psychologically (such as a public flagellation) or loss of freedom caused physically (for example, chaining the submissive partner to the foot of a bed).
An 1848 illustration showing the royal family next to the tree caused a sensation and caused many Britons to imitate the custom.
A shelf or wall in the sand has appeared on Weymouth Beach towards the Pavillion, caused by the backwash after Storm Ciarán caused high winds to blow eastwards across the bay.
Close to a dozen of those shortages are caused by increased demand like Adderall appears to be, whereas it's far more common for shortages to be caused by supply disruptions, Ganio said.
Even people whom the program helped complained the required documentation proved burdensome, the lack of communication throughout the process caused stress and uncertainty, and the lengthy wait time for payments caused the accrual of additional late fees.
Global warming caused by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions is changing weather patterns and contributing to a years-long drought across swathes of Turkey.
He received no separate penalty after admitting failing to stop after an accident on the same date where injury was caused to another person and damage was caused to a Mercedes Sprinter.
Local economic growth has been on a steady decline induced by the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the disruptions of supply chains caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and weather-related shocks such as the Cyclones Idai, Ana and Gombe.
Officer on Special Duty to Haryana Chief Minister Jawahar Yadav said, Aam Aadmi Party says that Haryana caused floods in Delhi and Punjab says that Himachal caused floods in the state.
Raab also resigned from his post as justice secretary, where he has had to battle a backlog in criminal cases caused by years of under-funding and disruptions caused by the pandemic.
Said a report to the parish council from a war memorial expert: “This subsidence has been caused over time due to inadequate foundations and the vibrations caused by traffic flow.
The fire also caused a power outage in the sluice gates of Bristol Harbour, which if they had failed could have caused “catastrophic damage” to the harbour walls, Mr Gordon said.
The top three causes of issues were weather related incidents, wheel slips often caused by fallen leaves, and issues with the use of high pressure water jets used to clear lines caused by debris found in water systems.
While some of that increase was caused by a growing number of workers, it’s also been caused by regulatory spread.
Boyko said it’s difficult at this time to identify if the explosion caused the fire or if the fire caused the explosion.
Coming around the same time as the catastrophe caused by the partition of India was the refugee problem caused by Britain’s leaving another of its former possessions: the Mandate for Palestine.
Doctors were uncertain what had caused this massive drop in his potassium level, until one asked Joacim whether he liked the sweet treat - and quickly determined that his symptoms were caused by the huge amounts of salty liquorice he consumed.
Does he again have an elderly moment to remember that is what caused the politically instigated protests and that there is a view out there that mischief was afoot that caused the deaths of the three protesters?
Phrases with caused
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with caused
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- caused by 132×
- caused the 37×
- has caused 16×
- have caused 14×
- and caused 13×
- was caused 12×
- that caused 12×
- is caused 9×
- be caused 8×
- which caused 8×