causation
pronunciation
How to pronounce causation in British English:
UK [kɔ:ˈzeɪʃn]
How to pronounce causation in American English:
US [kɔˈzeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of causing something to happen
Word Origin
- causation (n.)
- 1640s, from Latin causationem (nominative causatio) "excuse, pretext," in Medieval Latin "action of causing," from causa (see cause).
Example
- 1. Causation is harder to discern for equity prices .
- 2. Politicians will argue furiously about which way round the arrow of causation ought to run .
- 3. The story of torcetrapib is a tale of mistaken causation .
- 4. Critics of the hypothesis point out that correlation is hardly causation .
- 5. They take a snapshot in time . They don 't prove causation .