The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
To set off an event or action.
Something which has developed.
The process of developing; growth, directed change.
A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
The expression of a function in the form of a series.
The building of such a project.
The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.