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discontinuative

discontinuative adjective: indicating discontinuation.

Adjective

discontinuative (not comparable)

  1. Indicating discontinuation.
    • In narratives, discontinuative predicate focus is used when there is a topic shift, or when two referents are contrasted.2010, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, The Expression of Information Structure

Questions about discontinuative

What does discontinuative mean?
Discontinuative means indicating discontinuation.
What part of speech is discontinuative?
Discontinuative is an adjective.

Words near discontinuative in the dictionary

  1. discontinually
  2. discontinuance
  3. discontinuances
  4. discontinuation
  5. discontinuations
  6. discontinuative
  7. discontinue
  8. discontinued
  9. discontinuee
  10. discontinuees
  11. discontinuer

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