English Explanatory Dictionary

causal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
noun
  1. A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔː.zəl/ [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causal.wav /ˈkɔ.zəl/ [kʰɒː.z̥əl] /ˈkɑ.zəl/

Word forms

causal more causal most causal causals

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.

Related words

cause causal-final causality causation

Derived words

acausal anticausal bicausal causalism causalist causal link causal loop causal loop paradox causal ontology causal set causal verb causet Granger-causal intercausal isocausal monocausal multicausal noncausal omnicausal polycausal retrocausal uncausal Wold-causal
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