2021-04-17
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – allegedly & reportedly & reputedly
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง allegedly = ‘uh-LEJ-id-lee’
ออกเสียง reportedly = ‘ri-PAWR-tid-lee’
ออกเสียง reputedly = ‘ri-PYOO-tid-lee’
Dictionary.com
VOCAB BUILDER
What does allegedly mean?
Allegedly means according to what has been claimed.
It’s used to describe an action or situation
that someone claimshappened but that has not been confirmed or proven, especially a crime.
Allegedly is the adverb form of the adjective alleged,
which itself comes from the past tense of the verb allege,
meaning to claim withoutproof or before proof is available.
Suchan accusation is called an allegation.
Allegedly is most commonly used in a legal context,
especially in journalism in reports about a person
who has been accused of a crimeor other wrong doing
but who has not beenconvicted.
Using the word allegedly allows journalists
to talk about allegations without seeming to presume guilt
(and getting sued for libel).
Example:
Mr. Jones allegedly stole from his company over a period of 15 years.
Where does allegedly comefrom?
The first records of the word allegedly come from the 1800s.
Its base word, allege, is recorded around 1300
and ultimately comes from the Latin verb allēgāre,
meaning “to dispatchon a mission” or “bring forward as evidence.”
The leg partof allege and allegedly comes from the root lēx-,
which means “law” and forms the basis of words like legal.
Allegedly is almost always used in a legal context.
It’s typically used when making an accusation that has yet to be proved
in a court of law.
In many jurisdictions,
the law states
that a person is innocent until proven guilty.
That means that if someone is accused of committing a crime
—even if the whole thing was caught on video
—they’re not considered guilty until they’re convicted by a jury.
Until that happens, journalists use the word allegedly
to qualify descriptionsabout what the person has supposedly done.
It can be used to start a sentence,
as in Allegedly,she crashed the award ceremony.
It can be used within a sentence
immediately precedingthe alleged action,
as in It was then that she allegedly began dancing on the table,
or immediately following it,
as in She then grabbed the tablecloth, allegedly, out from under the dishes, which stayed on the table.
It can also be used as a kind of a one-word tag after a sentence,
as in The dancing was actually very good. Allegedly.
Sometimes, allegedly is used in this way ironically,
to humorously imply skepticism about what has been said,
as in He’s very honest. Allegedly.
Collins English Usage
Usage:
In recent years it has become common for speakers
to include allegedly in statements
that are controversial or possibly even defamatory.
The implication is that, by saying allegedly,
the speaker is distancing himself or herself from the controversy
and even protecting himself or herself from possible prosecution.
However, the effect created may be deliberate.
The use of allegedly can be a signal that,
although the statement may seem outrageous, it is in fact true:
He was drunk at work. Allegedly.
Conversely, it is also possible to use allegedly
as an expression of ironic scepticism:
He's a hard worker. Allegedly.
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
allegedly & reportedly & reputedly
Each of these words means “according to a statement or affirmation,”
but the two have slightly different connotations.
“The driver wasallegedly ill.”
means that someoneasserted, claimed,
or openly stated an opinion of the driver’s condition.
“The driver was reportedly ill”
means that the driver condition was actually reported in writing
or through rumor, gossip, or common talk.
“The driver was reputedly ill”
indicatesthat he was estimated to be or considered ill,
a condition not necessarily made public or openly declare.
Reputedly also has a slight connection with reputation,
a shade of meaning not present
in allegedly or reportedly.
