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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
/ əˈɪʊəɪ /
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
- DzˈپԳܲپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·پu·t· adverb
- Dz·پu·t·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of continuative1
First recorded in 1520–30, continuative is from the Late Latin word DzԳپԳīܲ connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive
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Example Sentences
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This continuative use forms one of the most marked peculiarities of the Hebrew idiom, and it comprehends every variety of mode in which one train of sentiment may be appended to another.”—J.
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Imperial Russia represented the most vast continuative territory which a State ever occupied in all history's records of vast empires.
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The functions of relatives are performed by position, explanatory or continuative clauses being made to precede directly the word they affect.
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