| 单词 | causative |
| 释义 | causative[ kaw-zuh-tiv ] / ˈkɔ zə tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR causative ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveacting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war. Grammar. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan “to cause to be full; to fill.” nounGrammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple. Origin of causative1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin causātīvus, equivalent to causāt(us) caused (see causation) + -īvus-ive OTHER WORDS FROM causativeWords nearby causativecausality, causality paradox, causa sine qua non, causation, causationism, causative, cause, cause a commotion, cause-and-effect, cause célèbre, cause list Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for causativeBritish Dictionary definitions for causativecausative / (ˈkɔːzətɪv) / adjectivegrammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation (often postpositive and foll by of) producing an effect nounthe causative form or class of verbs Derived forms of causativecausatively, adverbcausativeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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