Continuative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.
  2. expressing continuance of thought.
  3. expressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative.
  4. (of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation.
noun
  1. something continuative.
  2. a continuative word or expression.
adjective
  1. serving or tending to continue
  2. grammar
    • (of any word, phrase, or clause) expressing continuation
    • (of verbs) another word for progressive (def. 8)
noun
  1. a continuative word, phrase, or clause
Continuative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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