putative
Origin of putative
1Other words from putative
- pu·ta·tive·ly, adverb
- un·pu·ta·tive, adjective
- un·pu·ta·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use putative in a sentence
“The coolest thing,” according to Dixon, is that scattering amplitudes involving gravitons, the putative carriers of gravity, turn out to be the square of amplitudes involving gluons, the particles that glue together quarks.
The truth is, the story of Venus’s putative phosphine is not a simple case of a sensational finding being shot down upon further scrutiny.
Not finding life on Venus would be disappointing. But it’s good science at work. | Neel Patel | October 31, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewYogurt is a putatively healthy product, and people in these parts are obsessed with fitness and nutrition.
Frozen-Yogurt Shops Are Everywhere, but We Are Nowhere Near Saturation | Daniel Gross | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA putatively independent website promoting his candidacy was launched recently by Trump Organization executive Michael Cohen.
One answer: In these putatively private matters people constantly reference public standards.
The necklace had, in fact, made no end of trouble for several hundred putatively innocent and guileless passengers.
The Bandbox | Louis Joseph Vance
British Dictionary definitions for putative
/ (ˈpjuːtətɪv) /
(prenominal) commonly regarded as being: the putative father
(prenominal) considered to exist or have existed; inferred
grammar denoting a mood of the verb in some languages used when the speaker does not have direct evidence of what he is asserting, but has inferred it on the basis of something else
Origin of putative
1Derived forms of putative
- putatively, adverb
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