单词 | illative |
释义 | illative[ il-uh-tiv, ih-ley-tiv ] / ˈɪl ə tɪv, ɪˈleɪ tɪv / adjectiveof, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.” Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which. nounGrammar. the illative case. Origin of illative1585–95; <Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent to illāt- (see illation) + -īvus-ive OTHER WORDS FROM illativeil·la·tive·ly, adverbnon·il·la·tive, adjectivenon·il·la·tive·ly, adverbWords nearby illativeill-affected, Illampu, ill-assorted, ill at ease, illation, illative, illaudable, Illawarra, I'll be hanged, ill-behaved, ill-being Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for illative
British Dictionary definitions for illativeillative / (ɪˈleɪtɪv) / adjectiveof or relating to illation; inferential grammar denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore (in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions into or towardsCompare elative (def. 1) noungrammar
Derived forms of illativeillatively, adverbWord Origin for illativeC16: from Late Latin illātīvus inferring, concluding Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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