Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of causing.

    Ursache

    причи́нная связьpričínnaja svjazʹ

    the act of causing something to happen

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act or agency by which an effect is produced.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Cause and effect.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Correlation doesn't imply causation.

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  2. Correlation is not causation.

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  3. Correlation doesn't equal causation.

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  4. Correlation does not imply causation.

    deKorrelation bedeutet nicht Kausalität.

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  5. Correlation does not equal causation.

    ruВзаимосвязь не обозначает причинную связь.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act of causing:
Deutsch
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act of causing:

Origin

From cause + -ation.

From cause + -ation.

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Forms

plural: causations
Singularcausation
Pluralcausations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of causing something to happen:causing

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
causation — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto