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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tin•u•a•tive (kən tin′yo̅o̅ ā′tiv, -ə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - tending or serving to continue;
causing continuation or prolongation. - expressing continuance of thought.
- Grammarexpressing 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.
n. - something continuative.
- Grammara continuative word or expression.
- Late Latin continuātīvus connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive
- 1520–30
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