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Definition of causal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

causal

adjective
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/ˈkɔːzl/
 
/ˈkɔːzl/
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  1. (formal) connected with the relationship between two things, where one causes the other to happen
    • the causal relationship between poverty and disease
    Topics Change, cause and effectc1
  2. causal conjunction/connective (grammar) a word such as because that introduces a statement about the cause of somethingTopics Change, cause and effectc1
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a causal conjunction or particle): from late Latin causalis, from Latin causa ‘cause’.
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