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indirective

indirective adjective: relating to a construct in some languages that indicates whether there is evidence for a given statement, without specifying the source of knowledge (i.e. whether it is from hearsay, inference, or perception).

Adjective

indirective (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a construct in some languages that indicates whether there is evidence for a given statement, without specifying the source of knowledge (i.e. whether it is from hearsay, inference, or perception).

Origin of indirective

From in- + directive.

Questions about indirective

What does indirective mean?
Indirective means relating to a construct in some languages that indicates whether there is evidence for a given statement, without specifying the source of knowledge (i.e. whether it is from hearsay, inference, or perception).
What part of speech is indirective?
Indirective is an adjective.

Words near indirective in the dictionary

  1. indirect transitive
  2. indirected
  3. indirecting
  4. indirection
  5. indirections
  6. indirective
  7. indirectivity
  8. indirectly
  9. indirectness
  10. indirectnesses
  11. indirects

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