kɔːz kɔz ˈkɜːtɪlɪdʒ ˈɛvɪdəns ˈɹiːzən the enclosed land around a house or other building it was a small house with almost no yard your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling a justification for something existing or happening he had no cause to complain they had good reason to rejoice a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds