cause of poverty
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcauseandpoverty
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk/ˈpɒv.ə.ti/us/ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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(Definition ofcauseandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He showed clearly that the greatest singlecauseofpovertyin this country was children, the large family.
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I believe that poor housing is acauseofpovertyand is caused by poverty.
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They will still find that children are the chiefcauseofpoverty.
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Discrimination and marginalisation is frequently acauseofpoverty.
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Environmental problems are often acauseofpovertyand generally hit the poor hardest.
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Vestrymen would have known thecauseofpovertyand recording the reasons in the minutes would have seemed superfluous.
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Indeed, the survey report concluded that being solitary was a problem and was in fact the principalcauseofpoverty.
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Debt is both a consequence and acauseofpoverty.
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There is no onecauseofpovertyin the third world.
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I do not wish to plead thecauseofpovertyfor farmers.
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Low pay is now the single biggestcauseofpoverty.
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The majorcauseofpovertyis the lack of investment in rural areas.
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The realcauseofpovertyis not having enough cash.
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At this point it would be worth mentioning thecauseofpoverty.
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That matters, partly because the greatestcauseofpovertyamong children is unemployment among their parents.
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Unless there is some change in thatcauseofpoverty, it is likely to continue.
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Low pay is acauseofpoverty, though not the only one.
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Does he accept the research studies that show that the loss of housewives' earnings is a majorcauseofpoverty?
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In the long run, perhaps, this has been the maincauseofpoverty.
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But do not let us kid ourselves that population is thecauseofpovertyin the third world.
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