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cause

/kɔːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/kɔːz/

cause

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> cause

Myanmar meaning

(n) အကြောင်းတရား။ (ဖြစ်စေ သော)အကြောင်း။ အရေး။ အမှု။ (v) ဖြစ်စေသည်။ အကြောင်းခံသည်။

Full entry

cause /kↄ:z/ n

၁။ [C] အကြောင်းတရား။
What was the cause of the fire? ❍ Smoking is one of the main causes of heart disease. ❍ Police are investigating the main causes of the explosion.
၂။ [U] ~ (for sth) (ဖြစ်စေ သော)အကြောင်း။ There is no cause for concern. ❍ You have no cause for complaint/no cause to complain. ❍ She is never absent from work without good cause. ❍ REASON
၃။ [C] အရေး။
a good cause (ie one that deserves to be supported, eg a charity) ❍ He fought for the republican cause in the civil war. ❍ Her life was devoted to the cause of justice. See also LOST CAUSE
၄။ [C] (law ) အမှု။ pleading one's cause.
v ~ sth (for sb) ဖြစ်စေသည်။ အကြောင်းခံသည်။ Smoking can cause lung cancer. ❍ What caused the explosion? ❍ The cold weather caused the plants to die. ❍ He caused his parents much unhappiness. ❍ She's always causing trouble for people.

More examples

The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast.
An essay on the causes of the First World War
[cause for] : His departure was cause for celebration in the village.
[no cause for concern/alarm] : The doctor’s report on the biopsy states that there is no cause for concern.
[without good cause] : He wouldn’t have done it without good cause (=a good reason).
Campaigners hope that people will be sympathetic to their cause.
[champion a cause] : He has championed (=strongly supported) the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s.
[a good/worthy cause] : Please give as much as you can: it’s for a very worthy cause.
[all in a good cause] : It may be hard work but it’s all in a good cause.

Synonyms

reason, grounds, source, root, origin, basis, foundation, account, affect, agency, agent, aim, antecedent, as, as long as, attempt, author, be at the bottom of, begin, beginning, brainstorm, break in, break the ice, breed, bring about, bring to pass, causation, come out with, compel, consideration, conviction, cook up, create, creator, creed, determinant, doer, dream up, effect, element, elicit, end, engender, enterprise, evoke, explanation, faith, fire up, for the reason that, generate, genesis, get things rolling, give rise to, goal, ground, hatch, ideal, incite, incitement, induce, inducement, initiate, instigate, instigation, intention, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, leaven, let, mainspring, make, make happen, make up, maker, matter, motivate, motivation, motive, movement, muster, object, objective, occasion, open, originate, originator, plan, precipitate, prime mover, principle, principles, produce, producer, provoke, purpose, result in, revert, secure, seeing that, set off, sow the seeds, spring, start the ball rolling, stimulation, think up, trigger, trigger off, work up

Antonyms

block, close, conclusion, consequence, cover, delay, destroy, deter, development, discourage, discouragement, effect, end, finish, fruit, halt, hide, hinder, impede, issue, keep, neglect, obstruct, outcome, outgrowth, prevent, product, repress, result, ruin, stop, thoughtlessness

Cross references

reason grounds source root origin basis foundation account affect agency agent aim antecedent as as long as attempt author be at the bottom of begin beginning brainstorm break in break the ice breed bring about bring to pass causation come out with

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