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precisive

US/pɹiˈsaɪ.sɪv/

precisive adjective: cutting off.

Adjective

precisive (comparative more precisive, superlative most precisive)

  1. Cutting off.
  2. Exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relevant.
    • precisive censure
    • precisive abstraction

Forms of precisive

comparativemore precisive
superlativemost precisive

Questions about precisive

What does precisive mean?
Precisive means cutting off.
What part of speech is precisive?
Precisive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce precisive?
Precisive is pronounced /pɹiˈsaɪ.sɪv/ (US).

Words near precisive in the dictionary

  1. precisionize
  2. precisionized
  3. precisionizes
  4. precisionizing
  5. precisions
  6. precisive
  7. precited
  8. precivilisation
  9. precivilization
  10. precivilized
  11. precladistic

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