CAUSAL


Meaning of CAUSAL in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ' ko ̇ -z ə l

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1530

1 : expressing or indicating cause : CAUSATIVE <a causal clause introduced by since >

2 : of, relating to, or constituting a cause <the causal agent of a disease>

3 : involving causation or a cause <the relationship ⋯ was not one of causal antecedence so much as one of analogous growth ― H. O. Taylor>

4 : arising from a cause <a causal development>

– caus · al · ly \ -z ə -l ē \ adverb

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