Explore Causative through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like motive or tributary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Causative in a sentence
Causative meaning
- Acting as a cause.
- Involving, or affected by, causality.
- Expressing a cause or causation.
Synonyms of Causative
Using Causative
- The main meaning on this page is: Acting as a cause. | Involving, or affected by, causality. | Expressing a cause or causation.
- Useful related words include: motive, errhine, tributary, contributory.
- In the example corpus, causative often appears in combinations such as: the causative, causative agent, causative factor.
Context around Causative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Causative
- In this selection, "causative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, worst, strong, direct, agent, factor and factors stand out and add context to how "causative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a causative agent may and a strong causative factor for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "causative" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with causative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Examples * Bacillus anthracis the causative agent of anthrax in humans and animals. (12 words)
The focus should be on causative factors driving prices, not the symptoms,” he said. (14 words)
A causative agent may not be isolated in approximately half of cases despite careful testing. (15 words)
Earlier on Tuesday, the inquest heard about delays in communications between police and the South Central Ambulance Service on the day of the attacks which prompted changes even though it had no “causative impact” on what happened that day. (39 words)
He identified the “striking association” between Ella’s hospital admissions and the most dangerous episodes of air pollution around her home, and concluded that Ella’s death certificate should reflect air pollution as a causative factor. (36 words)
And, as we now know, that is what did happen over large areas of North America from the Eocene to the Pleistocene : the ultimate causative agent was global temperature reduction (see Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ). (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
He identified the “striking association” between Ella’s hospital admissions and the most dangerous episodes of air pollution around her home, and concluded that Ella’s death certificate should reflect air pollution as a causative factor.
Earlier on Tuesday, the inquest heard about delays in communications between police and the South Central Ambulance Service on the day of the attacks which prompted changes even though it had no “causative impact” on what happened that day.
It is common for the best copper mineralization to occur at the heart of a CRD system next to the causative intrusive rock.
The focus should be on causative factors driving prices, not the symptoms,” he said.
Other causative factors, he said, were domestic disputes and street-level crimes committed by armed thugs.
The causative form of a Type 1 “う” verb is created by changing the last kana to an “a” and attaching せる: so 休(やす)む (to rest) becomes 休ませる.
The other causative factor is the animosity arising from intense rivalry between Ghana and Nigeria in the field of sports, especially football.
The primary case is the first individual infected with the causative agent of that disease (whether it’s a virus, bacteria, or something else).
The viewpoints presented in this commentary are detrimental at best and, at worst, causative of the issue they purport to address.
Rather, it has been proven conclusively, that unbridled population growth, is actually a strong causative factor for worsening poverty and an attendant rise in mindless criminality.
A causative agent may not be isolated in approximately half of cases despite careful testing.
Although indirect evidence exists for the structural similarity between the bacteria and the human thyrotropin receptor, direct causative evidence is limited.
And, as we now know, that is what did happen over large areas of North America from the Eocene to the Pleistocene : the ultimate causative agent was global temperature reduction (see Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ).
Animal experiments showed that corneas of infected animals could transmit CJD, and the causative agent spreads along visual pathways.
A patch test is used to identify the causative allergen in the case where conjunctivitis is caused by allergy.
But first correlations must be confirmed as real, and then every possible causative relationship must be systematically explored.
Cause Most cases of erysipelas are due to Streptococcus pyogenes (also known as beta-hemolytic group A streptococci ), although non-group A streptococci can also be the causative agent.
Discovered by Leonard Noon and John Freeman in 1911, allergy immunotherapy represents the only causative treatment for respiratory allergies.
Examples * Bacillus anthracis the causative agent of anthrax in humans and animals.
Factors other than the potential causative variable of interest are controlled for by including them as regressors in addition to the regressor representing the variable of interest.
Common combinations with causative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: