noun
the act of causing something to happen
• Syn: ↑causation
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity
• Hyponyms:
↑sending, ↑trigger, ↑induction, ↑initiation, ↑compulsion, ↑coercion, ↑influence, ↑inducement, ↑inducing
Useful english dictionary. 2012.