Infectionplays a causative role in the development of the disease.
Synonyms and related words
Causing something to exist or happen
decisive
instrumental
enabling
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linguisticsused for describing verbs, forms, and structures that show that something causes something to happen. For example, in the sentence ‘She makes me laugh’, ‘makes’ is a causative verb.
Synonyms and related words
Describing types and forms of verbs
active
causative
ditransitive
causative
adjective
US /ˈkɔzətɪv/
DEFINITIONS2
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formalcausing something
Infectionplays a causative role in the development of the disease.
Synonyms and related words
Causing something to exist or happen
decisive
causal
enabling
2
linguisticsused for describing verbs, forms, and structures that show that something causes something to happen. For example, in the sentence “She makes me laugh,” “makes” is a causative verb.