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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024il•la•tive (il′ə tiv, i lā′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or expressing illation;
inferential:an illative word such as "therefore.'' - Grammarnoting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
n. - Grammarthe illative case.
- Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent. to illāt- (see illation) + -īvus -ive
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: illative /ɪˈleɪtɪv/ adj - of or relating to illation; inferential
- 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 towards
n - the illative case
- an illative word or speech element
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin illātīvus inferring, concludingilˈlatively adv |