continuative
[kuh n-tin-yoo-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv]
adjective
tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.
expressing continuance of thought.
Grammar. expressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative.
Grammar. (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation.
noun
something continuative.
Grammar. a continuative word or expression.
Origin of continuative
First recorded in 1520–30, continuative is from the Late Latin word continuātīvus connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive
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continuative
adjective
noun
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