The sudden drop in atmospheric pressure can cause severe storms, a phenomenon meteorologists monitor closely.
大气压的突然下降可能导致强风暴，这是气象学家密切监测的现象。
Historian Elena Cruz argues that the printing press was the single most important technological cause of the Reformation, since it allowed reformist ideas to spread faster than church authorities could suppress them.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
A customer service manager claims the new automated phone menu caused an increase in complaint calls.
From a Command of Evidence: Quantitative question · Information and Ideas
- She suffered a severe bus accident at age 18 that caused lifelong pain.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “cause”?
D — Reason, make happen. “cause” means reason, make happen.
Which word means “reason, make happen”?
B — cause. “cause” means reason, make happen.
cause — reason, make happen. In Chinese: 原因，导致.
cause is pronounced /kɔːz/.
The sudden drop in atmospheric pressure can cause severe storms, a phenomenon meteorologists monitor closely. (大气压的突然下降可能导致强风暴，这是气象学家密切监测的现象。)
reason, source, bring about — all close in meaning to cause (reason, make happen).
effect, result — each the opposite of cause (reason, make happen).
Yes. cause is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
cause (reason)