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applicative

/əˈplɪkətɪv/

applicative adjective: having practical application; applicable.

Adjective

applicative (comparative more applicative, superlative most applicative)

  1. Having practical application; applicable.
  2. Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
  3. Involving the application of an operator on an operand.

Noun

applicative (plural applicatives)

  1. A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
    • It remains a puzzle why some languages allow multiple applicatives while others prohibit them. In Salish, examples of multiple applicatives are attested in Columbian, Lushootseed, Tillamook, and the three Northern Interior languages.2010, Kaoru Kiyosawa, Donna Gerdts, Salish Applicatives, page 370

applicative meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

applicative in Tamil

செயல்முறையான

applicative in Bengali

ব্যবহারিক প্রয়োগ থাকা, প্রযোজ্য

applicative in Indonesian

having practical application
aplikatif

Forms of applicative

Adjective
comparativemore applicative
superlativemost applicative
Noun
pluralapplicatives

Origin of applicative

From applicate + -ive.

Words formed from applicative

Questions about applicative

What does applicative mean?
Applicative means having practical application; applicable.
What is applicative in Tamil?
Applicative in Tamil is செயல்முறையான. See Applicative meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is applicative?
Applicative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce applicative?
Applicative is pronounced /əˈplɪkətɪv/.

Words near applicative in the dictionary

  1. applications
  2. applications program
  3. applications programs
  4. applications software
  5. applicationwide
  6. applicative
  7. applicatively
  8. applicatives
  9. applicator
  10. applicatorful
  11. applicatorfuls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: applicative (page history and authors); applicative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); applicative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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