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单词 -ative
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ative, suffix. -ative is attached to some verbs
  1. (some of which end in -ate) and nouns to form adjectives: regulate + -ative → regulative (= with the power to regulate);
    norm (= rule) + -ative → normative[(= having rules).]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ative, 
  1. a combination of -ate 1 and -ive, used to form adjectives from stems in -ate 1 (regulative);
    on this model, because of the frequency and productivity of -ate 1, used independently to form adjectives from stems of other origin:normative.
  • Latin -ātīvus, equivalent. to -āt(us) -ate1 + -īvus -ive

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-ative suffix forming adjectives
  1. of, relating to, or tending to: authoritative, decorative, informative
Etymology: from Latin -ātīvus, from ātus -ate1 + īvus -ive
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