causative — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Acting as a cause.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. Involving, or affected by, causality.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.

3. Expressing a cause or causation.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

   The ablative is a causative case.

Sostantivo

1. An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

   Termini più generali

   verb

Aggettivo

1. producing an effect

   Contrari

   noncausative

   Esempi

   poverty as a causative factor in crime