/kɔːz/
意味: 原因、大義
例文: Lena marched for the noble cause of naps.
レナが昼寝の権利を求めて行進した。
言葉のよくある組み合わせ: root cause(根本原因), cause and effect(原因と結果), main cause(主な原因)
定義: 何かが起こる理由や原因を指します。何かを引き起こす力や影響を持つものです。
causeは約4,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
Noun: a justification for something existing or happening
Noun: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Noun: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
Noun: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
Verb: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Verb: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Noun: they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
Noun: he had no cause to complain
Noun: they had good reason to rejoice
Noun: he supported populist campaigns
Noun: they worked in the cause of world peace
Noun: the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
Noun: the movement to end slavery
Noun: contributed to the war effort
Noun: the family brought suit against the landlord
Verb: cause a commotion
Verb: make a stir
Verb: cause an accident
Verb: The ads induced me to buy a VCR
Verb: My children finally got me to buy a computer
Verb: My wife made me buy a new sofa
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): campaign, case, causa, causal agency, causal agent, cause, crusade, do, drive, effort, get, grounds, have, induce, lawsuit, make, movement, reason, stimulate, suit
Antonyms(反意語):
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): justification, make, origin, physical entity, proceeding, venture
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): adoption, appeal, arouse, assemble, bankruptcy, bear, beat, beget, blast, bring, build, campaign, causal agent, cause, chop, choreograph, clear, cleave, compose, construct, copy, create, create by mental act, create from raw material, create verbally, cut, defense, derive, direct, distill, emanation, establish, experiment, film, film-make, foreclosure, form, froth, generate, germination, give, grind, hearing, incorporate, institute, intervention, joint venture, lawsuit, lay down, legal action, litigation, manufacture, matter, naturalization, object, offset, originate, preliminary, prepare, press, procedure, process, produce, puncture, put on, raise, re-create, realize, receivership, recreate, regenerate, reproduce, review, risk, sally, scrape, short-circuit, strike, style, substance, thing, track, trial, twine
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): advertising campaign, agent, antecedent, anti-war movement, bring, campaigning, catalyst, cause of death, charm campaign, civil suit, class action, compel, consumerism, countersuit, criminal suit, danger, decide, destiny, determine, deus ex machina, effect, encourage, engender, engine, etiology, facilitate, factor, feminist movement, first cause, fund-raising campaign, gay liberation movement, impel, initiate, lead, let, lost cause, make, moot, motivate, mutagenesis, nature, occasion, operator, paternity suit, person, persuade, power, producer, prompt, provoke, reform, solicit, suborn, supernatural, theurgy, vital principle, war, youth movement
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: campaign, causal, causation, causative, cause, crusade, drive, inducement, inducer, inducing, inducive, induction, stimulation, stimulus, sue
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: formal
Usage Context: descriptive, online
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
中学レベル
英検準2級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes
Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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