events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
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omen
a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
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reason
an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
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motivation
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action; the reason for the action; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
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target
a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark"
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condition
an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
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sign
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring"