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causal

/ˈkɔːzəl/

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Australia/ˈkoːzəl/

causal adjective: of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.

Adjective

causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)

  1. Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
    • There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
    • No matter how often B follows A, and no matter how initially obvious the causality of the connection seems, the hypothesis that A causes B can be overturned by an over-arching theory which shows the two as distinct effects of a common underlying causal process.1982, Frank Jackson, “Epiphenomenal Qualia”, in The Philosophical Quarterly (1950–), volume 32, Oxford University Press, page 133

Noun

causal (plural causals)

  1. A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

causal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada

causal in Hindi

of, relating to or being a cause of something
कारणात्मक kārṇātmak, हेतुक hetuk

causal in Marathi

कारणात्मक

causal in Bengali

কারণগত

causal in Kannada

ಕಾರಣಾತ್ಮಕ
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causal in Gujarati
કારણરૂપ
causal in Odia
କାରଣଗତ
causal in Nepali
कारणात्मक
causal in Tagalog
masanhi
causal in Indonesian
kausal

Examples of causal in a sentence

  • This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.
  • If English were a causal ontology, you could not say or write 'I ate my house', because you cannot eat a house.
  • This emphasizes the significance of early childhood relationship experiences as a potential causal factor of social anxiety.

All 37 example sentences with causal

Forms of causal

Adjective
comparativemore causal
superlativemost causal
Noun
pluralcausals

Origin of causal

Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.

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Questions about causal

What does causal mean?
Causal means of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
What is causal in Hindi?
Causal in Hindi is कारणात्मक (kārṇātmak), हेतुक (hetuk). See Causal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is causal?
Causal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce causal?
Causal is pronounced /ˈkɔːzəl/ (UK).

Words near causal in the dictionary

  1. causa proxima
  2. causa remota
  3. causa sui
  4. causability
  5. causable
  6. causal
  7. causal link
  8. causal links
  9. causal loop
  10. causal loop paradox
  11. causal loop paradoxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: causal (page history and authors); causal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causal (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); causal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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