Main Entry:

caus·al

Pronunciation:

\ˈkȯ-zəl\

Function:

adjective

Date:

circa 1530

1 : expressing or indicating cause : causative <a causal clause introduced by since> 2 : of, relating to, or constituting a cause <the causal agent of a disease> 3 : involving causation or a cause <the relationship…was not one of causal antecedence so much as one of analogous growth — H. O. Taylor> 4 : arising from a cause <a causal development>

— caus·al·ly \-zə-lē\ adverb