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induce (induces, inducing, induced)

VERB To induce a state or condition means to cause it. ■ Doctors said surgery could induce a heart attack. ■ an economic crisis induced by high oil prices

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  provoke (provokes, provoking, provoked) VERB If something provokes a reaction, it causes it. ■ His election success has provoked a shocked reaction. ■ The destruction of the mosque has provoked anger throughout the Muslim world.
  
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  result (results, resulting, resulted)
  

VERB If something results in a particular situation or event, it causes that situation or event to happen. ■ [+ in] Fifty per cent of road accidents result in head injuries. ■ [+ in] Continuous rain resulted in the land becoming submerged.

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  stem (stems, stemming, stemmed)
  

VERB If a condition or problem stems from something, it was caused originally by that thing. ■ [+ from] Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war. ■ [+ from] Much of Londons energy and resilience stems from the fact that London has always been a city that relied on migrants.

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  trigger (triggers, triggering, triggered) VERB If something triggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist. ■ the incident which triggered the outbreak of the First World War ■ The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending.
  

Practice exercises
Sentences 1-9 contain words or expressions in bold which indicate a cause and effect relationship. For each sentence, underline the cause and put brackets around the effect.

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   One of the consequences of the growth of social networking is a reduction of government control of information.
   
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   Critics fear that tax rises will have a number of undesirable repercussions including a slowdown in investment.
   
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   Better maternal health is just one of the outcomes of the government’s reform of services. U The collapse of the bank set off a chain reaction of financial crises throughout the country,.
   

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   The company’s insolvency stems from a series of poor decisions made five years ago.
   
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   His statements about corruption in the police provoked an immediate response.
   

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