(idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

(transitive) The action of identifying the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. To root cause something's root cause does not necessarily imply the use of root cause analysis (RCA).

(law) An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

(intransitive) To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.

To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal.

plural of rebel without a cause

plural of rebel without a cause

simple past tense and past participle of make common cause

present participle of make common cause

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make common cause