What part of speech is causative?

Causative can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. causative is a noun, singular of causatives.
  • 2. causative is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • causative 
    Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: causative 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does causative mean?

Definitions

Adjective
causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

Noun
causative - An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action or to be in a certain condition.
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Examples of causative

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Poverty as a causative factor in crime.
2. adj. Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.
3. adj. The causative voice in Uighur isn't simple.
4. adj. Although there was once believed to be a causative relationship between syphilis and artistic genius, I would hope that the vast majority of modern artists and writers are reasonable enough to avoid becoming infected just on the off chance that neurosyphilis dementia might improve the quality of their work.
Sentence  
adj.
Poverty as a causative factor in crime.
Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.
The causative voice in Uighur isn't simple.
Although there was once believed to be a causative relationship between syphilis and artistic genius, I would hope that the vast majority of modern artists and writers are reasonable enough to avoid becoming infected just on the off chance that neurosyphilis dementia might improve the quality of their work.
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