causative
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/
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- (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
- Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive
AdjectiveEdit
causative (not comparable)
- Acting as a cause.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
- Involving, or affected by, causality.
- Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
- (linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
- The ablative is a causative case.
AntonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
acting as a cause
linguistics: expressing cause or causation
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See alsoEdit
NounEdit
causative (plural causatives)
- (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
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Further readingEdit
- causative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- causative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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causative
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causative