causal
adjectiveOPAL W
/ˈkɔːzl/
/ˈkɔːzl/
- (formal) connected with the relationship between two things, where one causes the other to happen
- the causal relationship between poverty and disease
- causal conjunction/connective (grammar) a word such as because that introduces a statement about the cause of somethingTopics Change, cause and effectc1
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a causal conjunction or particle): from late Latin causalis, from Latin causa ‘cause’.