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causing

verb
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1 meaning of causing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of cause.

    The new policy is causing confusion among employees.

    Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to melt faster.

    Note

    The -ing form does two jobs. With be it builds the progressive (is causing confusion), and as a gerund it works as a noun (causing a scene embarrassed him). It keeps the verb's constructions: a plain object, two objects (causing the family grief), or an object plus a to-infinitive. The old sense of giving a reason or making an excuse is obsolete, so causing no longer means excusing.

causing 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

Forms
causecauses he/she/itcausing -ing formcaused past tense, past participle
Spelling
cause → causing: drop the e, add -ing

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