completive

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adjective

Making complete.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivecompletive (comparative more completive, superlative most completive)

comparative more completive · superlative most completive

  1. Making complete.
nouncompletive (plural completives)

plural completives

  1. grammarA construction denoting completion.

Origin

  1. Latincomplētīvus
  2. Englishcompletive

From Latin complētīvus.

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APA

completive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completive

MLA

“completive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “completive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completive.

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