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Definition: Causative |
CausativeAdjective1. Producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "causative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Antonym: noncausative (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Causative |
| English words defined with "causative": Causatively ♦ Factitive ♦ noncausal, noncausative. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "causative": Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Actinomyces viscosus, Anaplasma, Arthritis, Reactive ♦ Bordetella pertussis, Borna disease ♦ case comparison study, case compeer study, case reference study, case referent study, case-control study, causative agent of disease, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Cowdria, Coxiella burnetii ♦ Dichelobacter nodosus ♦ Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Eye Infections, Viral ♦ Haemophilus ducreyi, Herpesvirus 1, Ranid, Herpesvirus 4, Human ♦ Infection Control ♦ Legionella pneumophila ♦ Near Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, Neisseria meningitidis ♦ Pseudallescheria ♦ Rat-Bite Fever ♦ Treponema pallidum ♦ Zymomonas. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "causative": sedate. (references) |
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 | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs.Credit: CDC. |  | T. pallidum, a spirochete 5-15 micrometers in length, is the causative agent of syphilis. The rate of primary and secondary syphilis in the U.S. declined by 89.2 percent from 1990 to 2000. However, cases rose from 5,979 in 2000 to 6,103 in 2001.Credit: CDC. |
 | N. gonorrhoeae, a gram-negative diplococcus, is the causative agent for Gonorrhea. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, the mouth, and the rectum.Credit: CDC. |  | X. cheopis is responsible for transmitting the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. The World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year, globally.Credit: CDC. |
 | Burkholderia pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and is the causative agent of melioidosis. The organism's colonial morphology changes somewhat as the incubation is extended.Credit: CDC. |  | Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. In the United States, over 35,600 cases of syphilis were reported by health officials in 1999.Credit: CDC. |
 | Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs.Credit: CDC. |  | The first discovery of bacteria from the genus Legionella came in 1976 when an outbreak of pneumonia at an American Legion convention led to 29 deaths. The causative agent, known as Legionella pneumophila, was isolated and given its own genus.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Treatment should be individualized and targeted to the causative factor(s). (references) | |
Several causative genes have been identified, usually causing young onset parkinsonism. (references) | ||
The most common causative agent isolated in countries surveyed has been enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Causative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Causative" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 70 | 39,981 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "causative": causative agent ♦ causative agent of disease. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
causative | 4 |
causative verb | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "causative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkakor (causal), shkakësor (causal), dëshirore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسبب (originator), سببي (causal, occasional). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | каузитивен, причинен (causal, caused). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 引起 (generate, Generated, Generating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kauzativní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sygdomsfremkaldende agens (causative agent of disease), infektiøst agens (causative agent, infective agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ziekteverwekker (causative agent of disease, pathogen), infectiekiem (causative agent, infective agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taudinaiheuttaja (causative agent of disease, pathogen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | causatif (causal), causal (causal, causally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ursächlich (causal, causally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιτιολογικόσ (causal), αίτιοσ (agent, responsible for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סבתי (causal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | műveltető. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | causativo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 使役動詞 (causative verb), 使む (old causative verbal ending), 令む (old causative verbal ending). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しむ (old causative verbal ending, to account for, to command, to hold, to occupy), しえきどうし (causative verb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 원인이 되" (Causal, Caused). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oyragh (causal, occasional, occasioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ausativecay causativo. (various references) cauzativ, cauzal (causal, factitive). (various references) каузальный (causal, factitive), причинный (causal), понудительный залог. (various references) uzročni (causal, factitive), kauzativan (factitive), kauzativ. (various references) causativo (factitive), causante (bequeather, devisor, founder, testator, the deceased), por casualidad (accidentally, by chance, casually, peradventure, perchance). (various references) kausativ. (various references) ที่เป็นสาเหตุ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ). (various references) neden olan (conducive, creative, facient, initiative, provoking), neden gösteren, ettirgen (factitive). (various references) що " причиною (causal), каузативний, каузальний (causal, factitive), причинний (addle-brained, addle-pated, batchy, causal). (various references) l nguyên nhân, l lý do. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "causative": causatively, causatives. (additional references) | |
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"Causative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: causativity, clustalv. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "causative" (pronounced kÄ"zutiv) |
| 6 | -Ä" z u t i v | dispositive, positive. |
| 5 | -z u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, inquisitive. |
| 4 | -u t i v | additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-s-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: actives, aviates, caveats, vacates. | |
-3 letters: active, acuate, acutes, atavic, aviate, casita, caveat, cavies, civets, cuesta, cuties, evicts, savate, vacate, vesica. | |
-4 letters: aceta, acute, aecia, avast, caste, cates, cause, caves, cavie, cesta, cesti, cites, civet, cutes, cutie, cutis, etuis, evict, ictus, saice, sauce, saute, scuta, scute, stave, suave, suite, taces, uveas, vacua, vatic, vatus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-s-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: accusative, causatives. | |
+2 letters: accusatives, causatively, evacuations, vulcanisate. | |
+3 letters: vulcanisates, vulcanizates. | |
+4 letters: vascularities. | |
+5 letters: avascularities, avuncularities, circumvallates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 75 73 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- ..- ... .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110101 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a u s a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0075 0073 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376787856786758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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