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noun • the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | ||||||||
| 29% | 14 | If one situation A supervenes on another situation B, then A is this type of situation | ||||||
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| 29% | 13 | A situation in which an action or event leads to another action or event that intensifies the original action or event | ||||||
noun • one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first • an argument that assumes that which is to be proved | ||||||||
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