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Engelsk navneord: cause | |||
| 1. | cause (om begivenhed) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They are trying to determine the cause of the crash. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inception, origin, origination | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | aetiology, antecedent, etiology, factor, mutagenesis, producer | ||
| 2. | cause (om kommunikation) a justification for something existing or happening | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He had no cause to complain. They had good reason to rejoice. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | grounds, reason | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | justification | ||
| 3. | cause (om handling) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He supported populist campaigns. They worked in the cause of world peace. The team was ready for a drive toward the pennant. The movement to end slavery. Contributed to the war effort. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | campaign, crusade, drive, effort, movement | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | venture | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign, anti-war movement, campaigning, candidacy, candidature, charm campaign, consumerism, electioneering, feminism, feminist movement, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort, gay lib, gay liberation movement, lost cause, political campaign, reform, war, women's lib, women's liberation movement, youth crusade, youth movement | ||
| 4. | cause any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | causal agency, causal agent | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | physical entity | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | agent, agent, catalyst, cause of death, danger, destiny, deus ex machina, engine, fate, first cause, force, individual, killer, life principle, manipulator, mortal, nature, occult, operator, person, power, prime mover, primum mobile, somebody, someone, soul, supernatural, theurgy, vital principle | ||
| 5. | cause (om handling) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The family brought suit against the landlord. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | case, causa, lawsuit, suit | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bastardy proceeding, civil suit, class action, class-action suit, countersuit, criminal suit, moot, paternity suit | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: cause | |||
| 1. | cause (om tilvejebringelse) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Cause a commotion. Make a stir. Cause an accident. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | do, make | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | create, make | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | actuate, breed, call forth, determine, effect, effectuate, engender, evoke, facilitate, force, impel, incite, influence, initiate, kick up, make, mold, motivate, move, occasion, pioneer, prompt, propel, provoke, regulate, set up, shape, spawn | ||
| 2. | cause (om kommunikation) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The ads induced me to buy a VCR. My children finally got me to buy a computer. My wife made me buy a new sofa. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They cause him to write the letter | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | get, have, induce, make, stimulate | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bring, compel, decide, encourage, inspire, instigate, lead, let, obligate, oblige, persuade, prompt, solicit, suborn | ||
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