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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUrsache
Native Script:zugrundeliegende Ursache
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʊndɐlaɪ̯ɡəndə ˈʊʁzaxə
"Wir müssen die zugrundeliegende Ursache des Fehlers finden."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The fundamental, root factor or primary condition that gives rise to a problem, situation, or phenomenon, often hidden beneath surface symptoms.
"Doctors spent weeks trying to determine the underlying-cause of the patient's mysterious chronic fatigue." - 2
In statistics and epidemiology, the primary disease or injury that initiated the chain of events leading directly to death.
"The death certificate listed cardiovascular disease as the underlying-cause."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'underlying', derived from the verb 'underlie' (from Old English underlicgan), meaning to lie beneath or form the foundation of, with 'cause', originating from Old French cause and Latin causa, meaning a reason or motive. Together, the compound phrase emerged in medical, scientific, and analytical contexts during the 19th century to denote the fundamental root factor responsible for an outcome or condition.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Underlying-cause" is said worldwide
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cause sous-jacente
Transliteration: koz su-zasɛ̃t
"Il est crucial d'identifier la cause sous-jacente du problème."
Ursache
Transliteration: ʊndɐlaɪ̯ɡəndə ˈʊʁzaxə
Script: zugrundeliegende Ursache
"Wir müssen die zugrundeliegende Ursache des Fehlers finden."
causa sottostante
Transliteration: ˈkauza sottoˈstante
"Dobbiamo scoprire la causa sottostante di questo fenomeno."
causa subyacente
Transliteration: ˈkausa suβjaˈsente
"El médico investigó la causa subyacente de la enfermedad."
causa subjacente
Transliteration: ˈkawzɐ suβʒaˈsẽtʃi
"Precisamos encontrar a causa subjacente deste conflito."
मूल कारण
Transliteration: mool kaaran
"समस्या के मूल कारण को समझना बहुत जरूरी है।"
根本原因
Transliteration: gēnběn yuányīn
"我们必须找出问题的根本原因。"
근본 원인
Transliteration: geunbon wonin
"우리는 이 문제의 근본 원인을 찾아야 합니다."
根本原因
Transliteration: konpon gen'in
"問題の根本原因を特定することが重要です。"
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