2022-01-11
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - cause & cause of
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง cause = “KAWZ”
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR CAUSE
Cause, occasion
refer to the starting of effects into motion.
A cause is an agency, perhaps acting through a long time,
or a long-standing situation, that produces an effect:
The cause of the quarrel between the two men was jealousy.
An occasion is an event that
provides an opportunity for the effect to becomeevident,
or perhaps promotes its becoming evident:
“The occasion was the fact that one man's wages were increased.”
Dictionary.com:
MORE ABOUT CAUSE
What is a basic definition of cause?
A cause is a person, thing, event, or action
that triggers a resulting event.
Cause can also mean a motivation or an ideal or goal
that a person or group is dedicated to.
Cause has several other senses as a noun and one as a verb.
In manner of speaking, the cause tells you why something happened.
A cause is the spark that lights a fire.
The cause of you being sick might be a bacteria or a virus
that harms your body.
“You giving your niece a birthday present might be the cause of her being happy.”
The word cause is often used with the word effect,
which means a resulting action that happens because of a cause.
- Real-life examples:
Faulty wiring may be the cause of an electrical fire.
John Wikes Booth was the cause of Abraham Lincoln’s death
(because Booth shot Lincoln).
A giant iceberg was the cause of the sinking of the Titanic.
- Used in a sentence:
“Experts are still trying to figure out the cause of the mysterious plane crash.”
In this sense, cause is used as a verb to mean to bring about something.
- Used in a sentence:
“My late-night partying caused me to fail my exam.”
Cause is also used as a synonym for motive or reason,
meaning a person’s motivation for doing something.
In this sense, cause is often used in law
(usually as “just cause” or “sufficient cause”)
to determine if someone had a valid reason for doing something.
- Used in a sentence:
“The lawyer argued that the company had fired his client without good cause.”
A cause is something that a person or group believes in
or an ideal or goal that they have dedicated themselves to.
- Real-life examples:
“Antiracism is a cause that wants to end racism.”
“Environmentalism is a cause that wants to protect the environment from damage.
“If a friend of yours is very sick and you start a collection to help with medical bills, that too is a cause.”
- Used in a sentence:
“I donated $50 to the cancer charity because they have a good cause.”
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
cause
= make, create, produce:
= cause a riot;
= bring about; a principle or movemen to which one is dedicated:
= a worthy cause
Not to be confused with:
caws = the harsh, grating cries of certain birds,
such as crows
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
cause & cause of
cause and reason are often confused in meaning.
Reason is what one produces to account for or justify an effect;
cause is what actually produces an effect.
“His reason for speaking is clear.”
“The cause of his leaving early is debatable.”
Cause of and on account of do not have the same meaning.
“The cause of my lateness was a slow bus” is preferable to
“The cause of my lateness was on account of my bus was slow.”
