causative
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L335214 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːzətɪv/ / /ˈkɔzətɪv/ / [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
adj
Etymology: From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
- Acting as a cause.
“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.”
- Expressing a cause or causation.
“The ablative is a causative case.”
noun
Etymology: From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
- An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).