agentive

a·gen·tive

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ey-juh n-tiv]
- /ˈeɪ dʒən tɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ey-juh n-tiv]
- /ˈeɪ dʒən tɪv/

Definitions of agentive word

adjective agentive (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb 3
adjective agentive (of a speech element) indicating agency 3
noun agentive the agentive case 3
noun agentive a word or element in the agentive case 3
adjective agentive of or producing a grammatical form that denotes the doer of a given action or the means of bringing about a given result 3
noun agentive an agentive form or affix, as the suffix -er in roller 3

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Parts of speech for Agentive

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Agentive

agentive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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