causative
🇺🇸
/ˈkɔːzətɪv/
🇬🇧
/ˈkɔːzətɪv/
adjective
R
causing something to happen
Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases.
R
a verb that shows something is caused to happen
The causative form of the verb 'to blacken' is 'to cause to become black'.
translation
causing something to happen; a verb that shows something is caused to happen