noun
Meaning 1
The act of causing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
causation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: kôz
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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Received-Pronunciation: [khoːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən]
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General-American: /kɔˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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General-American: [khɒːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən]
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cot-caught-merger: /kɑˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: K AO2 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Cause and effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: causality
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of causing something to happen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: causing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
Narrower terms: sending, trigger, induction, initiation, compulsion, coercion, influence, inducement, inducing
History
Etymology
From cause + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 原因 (yuányīn) — act of causing
- Chinese Mandarin: 誘因 /诱因 (yòuyīn) — act of causing
- Chinese Mandarin: 起因 (qǐyīn) — act of causing
- Finnish: aiheuttaminen — act of causing
- French: causation — act of causing
- German: Ursache — act of causing
- Hindi: कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ) — act of causing
- Korean: 원인제공 (woninjegong) — act of causing
- Māori: whakataenga — act of causing
- Māori: pūtaketanga — act of causing
- Polish: przyczynowość — act of causing
- Russian: причи́нная связь (pričínnaja svjazʹ) — act of causing
- Spanish: causación — act of causing
- Chinese Mandarin: 原因 (yuányīn) — agency by which an effect is produced
- Chinese Mandarin: 誘因 /诱因 (yòuyīn) — agency by which an effect is produced
- Chinese Mandarin: 起因 (qǐyīn) — agency by which an effect is produced
- Finnish: syysuhde — agency by which an effect is produced
- Finnish: syy-yhteys — agency by which an effect is produced
- Finnish: syy-seuraussuhde — agency by which an effect is produced
- Finnish: kausaliteetti — agency by which an effect is produced
- Finnish: kausaatio — agency by which an effect is produced
- Hindi: कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ) — agency by which an effect is produced
- Hindi: कारणता (kāraṇtā) — agency by which an effect is produced
- Māori: whakataenga — agency by which an effect is produced
- Polish: przyczynowość — agency by which an effect is produced