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)
- 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)
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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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.
Forms of causal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more causal |
| superlative | most causal |
| Noun | |
| plural | causals |
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
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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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