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continuative
con·tin·u·a·tive C0602600 (kən-tĭn′yo͞o-ā′tĭv, -ə-tĭv)adj.1. Of, relating to, or serving to cause continuation.2. Linguistics Of or relating to the durative aspect or a durative verb or verb form.n.1. Something that expresses or causes continuation.2. Linguistics See durative. con·tin′u·a′tive·ly adv.continuative (kənˈtɪnjʊətɪv) adj1. serving or tending to continue2. (Grammar) grammar a. (of any word, phrase, or clause) expressing continuationb. (of verbs) another word for progressive8n (Grammar) a continuative word, phrase, or clause conˈtinuatively advcon•tin•u•a•tive (kənˈtɪn yuˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv) adj. 1. tending or serving to continue. 2. expressing a following event, as the second clause in They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe. 3. expressing continuation of an action or thought: a continuative verb. n. 4. something continuative. [1520–30; < Late Latin] con•tin′u•a`tive•ly, adv. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | continuative - an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentencesconjunctive, connective, conjunctionclosed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaningcoordinating conjunction - a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituentssubordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunction - a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause |
continuative
Synonyms for continuativenoun an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentencesSynonyms- conjunctive
- connective
- conjunction
Related Words- closed-class word
- function word
- coordinating conjunction
- subordinate conjunction
- subordinating conjunction
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