illative

il·la·tive

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [il-uh-tiv, ih-ley-tiv]
- /ˈɪl ə tɪv, ɪˈleɪ tɪv/
- /ɪ.ˈleɪ.tɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [il-uh-tiv, ih-ley-tiv]
- /ˈɪl ə tɪv, ɪˈleɪ tɪv/

Definitions of illative word

adjective illative of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”. 1
adjective illative Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which. 1
noun illative Grammar. the illative case. 1
noun illative Of the nature of or stating an inference. 1
adjective illative of or relating to illation; inferential 0
adjective illative denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore 0

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Origin of illative

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

1585-95; < Late Latin illātīvus, equivalent to illāt- (see illation) + -īvus -ive

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Parts of speech for Illative

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Illative

illative popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use 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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Antonyms for illative

adjective illative

lative — (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

Just one Antonym for illative