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

causal

adjective

/ˈkɔːzl/

(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

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causal conjunction/connective (grammar) a word such as because that introduces a statement about the cause of somethingTopics Change, cause and effectc1

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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