continuative
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, continue + -ativeCategory:English terms suffixed with -ative#CONTINUATIVE.
Adjective
continuativeCategory:English lemmas#CONTINUATIVECategory:English adjectives#CONTINUATIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONTINUATIVE
- Of or pertaining to continuation.
- (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#CONTINUATIVE) Durative.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
continuative (plural continuatives)Category:English lemmas#CONTINUATIVECategory:English nouns#CONTINUATIVECategory:English countable nouns#CONTINUATIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONTINUATIVE
- Something that causes a continuation.
- (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#CONTINUATIVE) A durative.
- 1855, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar:
- But it would be absurd to say, "Franklin was a philosopher because Henry was an orator." And is a copulative ; because, a continuative.Category:English terms with quotations#CONTINUATIVE
Italian
Adjective
continuativeCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CONTINUATIVECategory:Italian adjective forms#CONTINUATIVECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with entries#CONTINUATIVECategory:Pages with 2 entries#CONTINUATIVE