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causative
[ kaw-zuh-tiv ]
adjective
- acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of ):
a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- Grammar. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan “to cause to be full; to fill.”
noun
- Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
causative
/ ˈkɔːzətɪv /
adjective
- grammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation
- often postpositiveand foll byof producing an effect
noun
- the causative form or class of verbs
Derived Forms
- ˈcausativeness, noun
- ˈcausatively, adverb
Other Words From
- causa·tive·ly adverb
- causa·tive·ness causa·tivi·ty noun
- inter·causa·tive adjective
- non·causa·tive adjective
- non·causa·tive·ly adverb
- non·causa·tive·ness noun
- un·causa·tive adjective
- un·causa·tive·ly adverb
- un·causa·tive·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of causative1
Example Sentences
In April 2024, Mr Lowe was diagnosed by a consultant neurologist at the Southern Health Trust with a “painful trigeminal neuropathy” which had “the Covid vaccine as its main causative factor”.
Government lawyers previously denied its actions "amount to a breach of human rights" and also denied any such alleged breach, if proven, would be "causative of Ella's injuries and death".
In addition to diseases characterized by bone loss, Ctdnep1 has also been reported as a causative factor in medulloblastoma -- a childhood brain tumor.
The governor found he lacked “insight into his criminality and the causative factors.”
She said she hopes the team's identification of interleukin-15 as a causative link will jump start research into treatment.
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