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continuative
[ kuhn-tin-yoo-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv ]
adjective
- tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.
- expressing continuance of thought.
- Grammar. expressing 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.
noun
- something continuative.
- Grammar. a continuative word or expression.
continuative
/ kənˈtɪnjʊətɪv /
adjective
- serving or tending to continue
- grammar
- (of any word, phrase, or clause) expressing continuation
- (of verbs) another word for progressive
noun
- a continuative word, phrase, or clause
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Derived Forms
- conˈtinuatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·tinu·ative·ly adverb
- con·tinu·ative·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of continuative1
First recorded in 1520–30, continuative is from the Late Latin word continuātīvus connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive
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