denominative
Americanadjective
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conferring or constituting a distinctive designation or name.
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Grammar. (especially of verbs) formed from a noun, as English to man from the noun man.
noun
adjective
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giving or constituting a name; naming
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grammar
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(of a word other than a noun) formed from or having the same form as a noun
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( as noun )
the verb "to mushroom" is a denominative
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of denominative
1580–90; < Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, equivalent to dēnōmināt ( us ) ( see denominate) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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Common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class ?
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from, the attribute which they connote.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) by John Stuart Mill
Connotative names have hence been also called denominative, because the subject which they denote is denominated by, or receives a name from the attribute which they connote.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
An amusing application of such a territorial denominative system to the locality of London was narrated to me by a friend who witnessed it.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
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