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root causing

root causing is the present participle of root cause.

Meaning of root cause

Verb

root cause (third-person singular simple present root causes, present participle root causing, simple past and past participle root caused)

  1. (transitive) To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
    • Fishbones are a great tool for collecting, categorizing, and root-causing feedback from staff.2017, Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell, Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 108

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What is root causing the present participle of?
Root causing is the present participle of root cause.

Words near root causing in the dictionary

  1. root cap
  2. root caps
  3. root cause
  4. root caused
  5. root causes
  6. root causing
  7. root cellar
  8. root cellared
  9. root cellaring
  10. root cellars
  11. root disease

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