CAUSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does causation mean? 

• CAUSATION (noun)
  The noun CAUSATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of causing something to happen

  Familiarity information: CAUSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of causing something to happen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

causation; causing

Hypernyms ("causation" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "causation"):

sending (the act of causing something to go (especially messages))

induction; initiation; trigger (an act that sets in motion some course of events)

coercion; compulsion (using force to cause something to occur)

influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

inducement; inducing (act of bringing about a desired result)

Derivation:

cause (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner)

cause (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)

 Context examples 

Role of proteins and amino acids in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Protein/Amino Acids, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of trace elements in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Trace Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of plant-derived nutrients in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Plant Components, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of minerals in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Minerals, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of dietary fiber in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of food and water contaminants in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Food and Water Contaminants, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of Vitamin A, its precursons, and its analogs in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Vitamin A, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of Vitamin B, its precursons, and its analogs in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Vitamin B, NCI Thesaurus)

Role of water in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.

(Nutrition, Water, NCI Thesaurus)

The causation or production of tumors.

(Oncogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)