English Explanatory Dictionary

causative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Acting as a cause.
  2. Involving, or affected by, causality.
  3. Expressing a cause or causation.
noun
  1. An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔːzətɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causative.wav kôʹzə-tĭv /ˈkɔzətɪv/ [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv] /ˈkɑzətɪv/ [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv] /ˈkoːzətɪv/ [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv]

Word forms

causative causatives

Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

Antonyms

noncausative

Related words

curative

Derived words

anticausative anticausativisation causatively causativeness causative verb causativity causativization causativize intercausative multicausative
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