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inducive

inducive adjective: tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.

Adjective

inducive (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.

Noun

inducive (uncountable)

  1. A case indicating the patient who undergoes the tangible effect, impact, or change of state of an act/event initiated/caused by that self-same party. Examples: The boys run in the playground, We talked for hours, The couple eats dinner.
    • The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below.2023, John Quijada, Grammar of The New Ithkuil
    Synonyms:
    IND

Synonyms of inducive

Origin of inducive

From induce + -ive.

Questions about inducive

What does inducive mean?
Inducive means tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.
What part of speech is inducive?
Inducive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near inducive in the dictionary

  1. inducibility
  2. inducible
  3. inducibly
  4. inducing
  5. inducingly
  6. inducive
  7. induciveness
  8. inducivity
  9. induct
  10. inductance
  11. inductance coil

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