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concessives

concessives is the plural of concessive.

Meaning of concessive

Noun

concessive (plural concessives)

  1. A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".
    Synonyms:
    concessional

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Questions about concessives

What is concessives the plural of?
Concessives is the plural of concessive.

Words near concessives in the dictionary

  1. concessive
  2. concessive clause
  3. concessive clauses
  4. concessively
  5. concessiveness
  6. concessives
  7. concessivity
  8. concessor
  9. concessors
  10. concessory
  11. concestor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concessives (page history and authors); concessive (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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