causative

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Acting as a cause.
2.
(not comparable)Involving, or affected by, causality.
Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
3.
(not comparable)(grammar) Expressing a cause or causation.
The ablative is a causative case.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

causatives

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

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Trái nghĩa

noncausative#Adjective

Cùng gốc / liên quan

anticausativeanticausativisationcausativelycausativenesscausativitycausativizationcausativizeintercausativemulticausativecausative verbcurative

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Nguồn gốc từ

From fr causatif, from la causativus causātīvus, from causa (cause); see cause and -ive.