"causation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], [kʰoːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], [kʰɒːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] [General-American], /kɑˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: causations [plural]
enPR: kôz [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From cause + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cause|ation}} cause + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} causation (countable and uncountable, plural causations)
  1. The act of causing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of causing): 原因 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 誘因 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱因 (yòuyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 起因 (qǐyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), aiheuttaminen (Finnish), causation [feminine] (French), Ursache [feminine] (German), कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ) (Hindi), 원인제공 (woninjegong) (Korean), whakataenga (Maori), pūtaketanga (Maori), причи́нная связь (pričínnaja svjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), causación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-causation-en-noun-NcfWXfoe Disambiguation of 'act of causing': 76 5 20
  2. The act or agency by which an effect is produced. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (agency by which an effect is produced): 原因 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 誘因 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱因 (yòuyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 起因 (qǐyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), syysuhde (Finnish), syy-yhteys (Finnish), syy-seuraussuhde (Finnish), kausaliteetti (Finnish), kausaatio (Finnish), कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ) (Hindi), कारणता (kāraṇtā) (Hindi), whakataenga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-causation-en-noun-CLtb28qz Disambiguation of 'agency by which an effect is produced': 7 69 24
  3. Cause and effect, considered as a system. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: causality
    Sense id: en-causation-en-noun-OTy3HU0l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 14 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 16 11 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: causational, reverse causation Related terms: ætiology, aetiology, etiology

Inflected forms

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