Cause

Definition

cause /kↄ:z/ n ၁။ [C] အေၾကာင္းတရား။ 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) (ျဖစ္ေစ ေသာ)အေၾကာင္း။ 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] အေရး။ 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 ) အမႈ။ pleading one's cause. v ~ sth (for sb) ျဖစ္ေစသည္။ အေၾကာင္းခံသည္။ 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.

Examples

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