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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ive suffix - (forming adjectives) indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality: divisive, prohibitive, festive, massive
- (forming nouns of adjectival origin): detective, expletive
Etymology: from Latin -īvus I've /aɪv/USA pronunciation contraction. - Pronounsa shortened form of I have:I've been working on the railroad for a long time.
-ive, suffix. - -ive is attached to roots or nouns to form adjectives with the meaning "having a tendency or connection with;
like'':act(ion) + -ive → active (= tending to be full of action or activity);sport + -ive → sportive (= like sports).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024I've (īv),USA pronunciation - Pronounscontraction of I have.
-ive, - a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.:active; destructive;detective;passive;
sportive.Cf. -ative, -itive.
- Latin -īvus; in some words, representing French -ive, feminine of -if
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