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Definitions of -ive word

suffix -ive indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality 0
suffix -ive (forming nouns of adjectival origin) 0
noun -ive of, relating to, belonging to, having the nature or quality of 0
noun -ive tending to, given to 0
suffix -ive An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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