causation

Questions about causation

What does causation mean?

causation means "the act of causing something to happen".

How many syllables are in causation?

causation has 3 syllables: cau-sa-tion. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ˌkɔˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for causation?

Close synonyms include causing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is causation a common word?

causation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with causation?

94 words rhyme with causation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.