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concessive

[ kuhn-ses-iv ]

adjective

  1. tending or serving to concede.
  2. Grammar. expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ô·³¦±ð²õs¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôc´Ç²Ô·³¦±ð²õs¾±±¹±ð adjective
  • ±è°ù±ðc´Ç²Ô·³¦±ð²õs¾±±¹±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of concessive1

From the Late Latin word ³¦´Ç²Ô³¦Å§²õ²õÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, dating back to 1705–15. See concession, -ive
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Example Sentences

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The debate on both sides, he feels, has become “slightly less hysterical, a bit more concessiveâ€.

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"Oh!" said Louise, in the concessive tone people use, when they do not know but they have wronged some one.

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The common relations between sentences indicated by conjunctions are coördinative, subordinative, adversative, concessive, and illative.

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Now, the advantage of conferring with this particular master was, that he was not pig-headed on the one hand, nor unduly concessive, as he deemed some of his fellow-tradesmen to be, on the other.

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The most significant difference between the two systems is the use by Lebrija of the term subjunctive in his description of the moods where Rodriguez gives independent status to the conjunctive, conditional, concessive, and potential.

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