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adjective
2.
Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
noun
3.
Grammar. the illative case.
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Illative
is always a great word to know.
So is circumflex. Does it mean:
| a circumflex mark or accent. |
| a dash one en long. |
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| illative (ɪˈleɪtɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to illation; inferential |
| 2. | grammar denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore |
| 3. | Compare elative (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 | |
| 4. | grammar |
| a. the illative case | |
| b. an illative word or speech element | |
| [C16: from Late Latin illātīvus inferring, concluding] | |
| il'latively | |
| —adv | |
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