causative
English edit
Etymology edit
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/
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- (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/, [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑzətɪv/, [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkoːzətɪv/, [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv]
- Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
- Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive
Adjective edit
causative (not comparable)
- Acting as a cause.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo 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.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
acting as a cause
linguistics: expressing cause or causation
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Noun edit
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 reading edit
- “causative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “causative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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