ALL meanings of agentive
a·gen·tive
A a - 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
- noun agentive (linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer). 1
- adjective agentive pertaining to, or productive of, a form that indicates an agent or agency. 1
- adjective agentive (in case grammar) pertaining to the semantic role or case of a noun phrase that indicates the volitional or primary causer of the action expressed by a verb. 1
- noun agentive an agentive word or suffix. 1
- noun agentive the agentive case. 1
- noun agentive (linguistics) A word having this construction. 0
- adjective agentive (linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb. 0