Illative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as “therefore.”
  2. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward which.
noun
  1. the illative case.
adjective
  1. of or relating to illation; inferential
  2. denoting a word or morpheme used to signal inference, for example so or therefore
  3. (in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions into or towards
noun
  1. grammar
    • the illative case
    • an illative word or speech element
Illative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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