causative
English
Etymology
From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/
- (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
- Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive
Adjective
causative (not comparable)
- acting as a cause
- Francis Bacon
- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
- Francis Bacon
- (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation
- The ablative is a causative case.
Translations
acting as a cause
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linguistics: expressing cause or causation
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See also
- curative
Noun
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).
Hypernyms
- verb
Translations
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Further reading
- causative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- causative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Adjective
causative
- feminine singular of causatif
Italian
Adjective
causative
- feminine plural of causativo
Anagrams
- evacuasti