单词 | continuative |
释义 | continuative[ kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv ] / kənˈtɪn yuˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv / adjectivetending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation. expressing continuance of thought. Grammar. expressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative. Grammar. (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation. nounsomething continuative. Grammar. a continuative word or expression. Origin of continuativeFirst recorded in 1520–30, continuative is from the Late Latin word continuātīvus connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive OTHER WORDS FROM continuativecon·tin·u·a·tive·ly, adverbcon·tin·u·a·tive·ness, nounWords nearby continuativecontinuance, continuant, continuate, continuation, continuation school, continuative, continuator, continue, continued, continued education, continued fever Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for continuativecontinuative / (kənˈtɪnjʊətɪv) / adjectiveserving or tending to continue grammar
nouna continuative word, phrase, or clause Derived forms of continuativecontinuatively, adverbCollins 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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