causal-final
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to any case that indicates the intention of achieving a specific final result.
Example Sentences
- "The abstract relationship between locative-temporal and causal-final adverbials is well reflected in their realization in the case system."
- "There is, from Early Latin onwards, a causal-final use of the preposition de with adjectives like lassus and sollicitus."
- "...everywhere include: benefactive (i.e. the action denoted by the suffix-bearing verb is carried out for the benefit of someone e.g. 'buy for someone'); instrumental (e.g. 'wash with something'); comitative (especially with the semantic shade of taking or carrying somebody, or something, with oneself when moving (e.g. when flying away); also various other situations of doing something together with somebody or something), and causal-final (i.e. the action is carried out because of something, in view of something, or for something, in order that some event might take place, etc.)."
- "The causal-final noun suffix -ért 'for' surfaces in the next sample, in place of an allative -hoz or, alternatively, illative -ba, both 'to'."
- "The demonstrative pronoun in the causal-final case azért 'for the (following) reason' introduces clauses of purpose."
- "Generalising slightly it can thus be said that the organic process has its causal-final explanation and the meaning relationship manifested within the sphere of intentionality has its own structural history."