factive

 [fak-tiv]  

fac·tive

   [fak-tiv] Linguistics
adjective
1.
(of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.
noun
2.
a factive expression.

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Factive is always a great word to know.
So is signified. Does it mean:
the thing or concept denoted by a sign
the spoken form a word has when produced in isolation, such as for illustration, as distinguished from the form it would have when produced in the normal stream of speech
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Origin:
1605–15; fact + -ive

Related forms
fac·tiv·i·ty, noun
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factive (ˈfæktɪv)
 
—adj
logic, linguistics, philosophy (of a linguistic context) giving rise to the presupposition that a sentence occurring in that context is true, as John regrets that Mary did not attend

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