notative

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adjective

Of or relating to notation.

OriginLatin notātus →
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Meanings

adjectivenotative (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to notation.

    In this way, fiction's a bit like a notative system in ballet, where there are instructions to tell a dancer where to step, etcetera.

    1998, Bonnie Lyons, Bill Oliver, Passion and Craft: Conversations with Notable Writers, page 14
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    The reversed view on the relation between connotation and notations starts with a connotative frame instead of a notative center, and it proceeds “down” or “inwards.”

    2010, Marc-Oliver Schuster, H.C. Artmann's Structuralist Imagination, page 270

Origin

  1. Latinnotātus
  2. Englishnotative

From Latin notātus + English -ive.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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