caused
- 1Simple past and past participle of cause.
The power outage caused major delays across the city.
The infection was caused by contaminated water.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: it is the simple past (the storm caused damage) and also the participle that follows have or be (has caused, was caused by). The passive with by is one of its most common settings. Because cause can take two objects, the past form keeps that pattern too, naming both the person affected and what was brought about: the delay caused us real trouble.
The late train caused us real trouble.
Her absence caused the team a great deal of worry.
caused is a form of cause
cause, verb: To make something happen or come into being, either directly or by ordering or arranging it. Full entry
- Spelling
- cause → caused: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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