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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

/ ˈɔːəɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the causative form or class of verbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲپԱ, noun
  • ˈܲپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲa·پ· adverb
  • ܲa·پ·Ա ܲa·پi·ٲ noun
  • t·ܲa·پ adjective
  • ԴDz·ܲa·پ adjective
  • non·ܲa·پ· adverb
  • non·ܲa·پ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܲa·پ adjective
  • un·ܲa·پ· adverb
  • un·ܲa·پ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of causative1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ܲīܲ, equivalent to ܲ ( us ) caused ( causation ) + -īܲ -ive
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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”.

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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".

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

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The governor found he lacked “insight into his criminality and the causative factors.”

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She said she hopes the team's identification of interleukin-15 as a causative link will jump start research into treatment.

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