03-30-2005, 11:29 AM
[wcip]Angel,Mar 30 2005, Wrote:Sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead, but I'm looking for a word, and the Reverse Dictionary didn't exactly help. I'm looking for a synonym to the expression "resulted in".
e.g. "The French-German embitterment which stems back from the late 1800s ________ in the second world war."
e.g. "The attack on Pearl Harbour, as well as further escalations in Europe __________ in America's decision to use the atomic bomb over Japan"
What I'm looking for is a word which states that all these events lead up to something. The word I'm looking for is not very much used, but every native speaker of English probably knows it.
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The common word that comes to mind for this would be "caused". "Cause" can be used as either a verb (e.g. The wind caused my shot to miss the goal.) or a noun (e.g. Wind and poor kicking form are two possible causes of a missed shot.)