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causal

American  
[kaw-zuhl] / ˈkɔ zəl /

adjective

  1. of, constituting, or implying a cause.

  2. Grammar. expressing a cause, as the conjunctions because and since.

causal British  
/ ˈkɔːzəl /

adjective

  1. acting as or being a cause

  2. stating, involving, or implying a cause

    the causal part of the argument

  3. philosophy (of a theory) explaining a phenomenon or analysing a concept in terms of some causal relation

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Other Word Forms

  • causally adverb
  • noncausal adjective
  • noncausally adverb
  • supercausal adjective
  • uncausal adjective

Etymology

Origin of causal

1520–30; < Latin causālis, equivalent to caus ( a ) cause + -ālis -al 1

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