causative

[ kaw-zuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of ):

   a causative agency; an event causative of war.

2. 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

1. Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.

causative

/ ˈkɔːzətɪv /

adjective

1. grammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation
2. often postpositiveand foll byof producing an effect

noun

1. the causative form or class of verbs

Derived Forms

• ˈcausativeness, noun
• ˈcausatively, adverb

Other Words From

• causa·tive·ly adverb
• causa·tive·ness causa·tivi·ty noun
• inter·causa·tive adjective
• non·causa·tive adjective
• non·causa·tive·ly adverb
• non·causa·tive·ness noun
• un·causa·tive adjective
• un·causa·tive·ly adverb
• un·causa·tive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of causative¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin causātīvus, equivalent to causāt ( us ) caused ( causation ) + -īvus -ive

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”.

From BBC

“What I tell people is that these studies are correlative, not causative,” says Weiss.

From Slate

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".

From BBC

In her judgment, Mrs Justice Steyn wrote: "While I do not consider that the hypothetical reader, who would read the post quickly and move on, would infer a causative link, i.e. that the claimant defends paedophiles because he shares the same propensity, the juxtaposition of the words 'nonce' and 'pedo' is striking and would reinforce the impression that the former was used in the sense of 'paedophile'."

From BBC

In addition to diseases characterized by bone loss, Ctdnep1 has also been reported as a causative factor in medulloblastoma -- a childhood brain tumor.

From Science Daily

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