causative
Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
Origin of causative
1Other words from causative
- caus·a·tive·ly, adverb
- caus·a·tive·ness, caus·a·tiv·i·ty, noun
- in·ter·caus·a·tive, adjective
- non·caus·a·tive, adjective
- non·caus·a·tive·ly, adverb
- non·caus·a·tive·ness, noun
- un·caus·a·tive, adjective
- un·caus·a·tive·ly, adverb
- un·caus·a·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby causative
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How to use causative in a sentence
Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and it's the causative agent of melioidosis.
New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US; CDC warns of three puzzling cases | Beth Mole | July 2, 2021 | Ars TechnicaHowever, the review also noted that more research should be done to better understand and identify any potential causative effects, as screens are not likely to go away anytime soon.
How your daily screen time affects your wellbeing | Claire Maldarelli | January 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe time in front of a device or screen was self-reported, and none of these studies are able to draw any causative conclusions.
How your daily screen time affects your wellbeing | Claire Maldarelli | January 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhatever the causative sequence, there is no fountain of youth.
Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree - Issue 94: Evolving | David P. Barash | December 23, 2020 | NautilusThen we dug into those responses and looked for the causative factor.
The Coronavirus Pandemic's Outsized Effect on Women's Mental Health Around the World | Jeffrey Kluger | September 24, 2020 | Time
To what degree these things are directly causative no one can say.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.There are other infective diseases, in which we have not yet found the causative micro-organism, but we presume its existence.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThere is always a causative shock or injury, which is followed at once or after an interval by the symptoms of neurasthenia.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyDrench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’
Milton's Comus | John MiltonThe causative act is—a spiritual and transcendent Mystery, that passeth all understanding.
Aids to Reflection | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British Dictionary definitions for causative
/ (ˈkɔːzətɪv) /
grammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation
(often postpositive and foll by of) producing an effect
the causative form or class of verbs
Derived forms of causative
- causatively, adverb
- causativeness, noun
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