continuative

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adjective

Of or pertaining to continuation.

Similar
conjunctionconjunctiveconnective
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to continuation.
  2. human sciencesDurative.
nouncontinuative (plural continuatives)

plural continuatives

  1. Something that causes a continuation.
  2. human sciencesA durative.

    But it would be absurd to say, "Franklin was a philosopher because Henry was an orator." And is a copulative ; because, a continuative.

    1855, William Chauncey Fowler, English Grammar

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

Similar
conjunctionconjunctiveconnective
Broader
function wordclosed-class word
Also see
conjunctionconjunctiveconnectivecontinuational

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

By surface analysis, continue + -ative.

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Translations

Italian continuativo
  • continuativopertaining to continuation
Polish ciągły
  • ciągłypertaining to continuation
Cite this entry
APA

continuative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continuative

MLA

“continuative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continuative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “continuative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/continuative.

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