causativeadjective
uk/ˈkɔː.zə.tɪv/us/ˈkɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/formalacting as the cause of something:
Smoking is a causative factor in the development of several serious diseases, including lung cancer.
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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