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reportative

reportative noun: a grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.

Noun

reportative (plural reportatives)

  1. A grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.
    • The child's progress in the modification stage can be characterized as an advancement from the use of performatives to the use of reportatives.1976, Barbara S. Wood, Children and Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Language Development

Adjective

reportative (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to such a construct.

Forms of reportative

pluralreportatives

Origin of reportative

From report + -ative.

Questions about reportative

What does reportative mean?
Reportative means a grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.
What part of speech is reportative?
Reportative can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of reportative?
The plural of reportative is reportatives.

Words near reportative in the dictionary

  1. report out
  2. reportability
  3. reportable
  4. reportage
  5. reportages
  6. reportative
  7. reportatively
  8. reportatives
  9. reportativity
  10. reportback
  11. reportbacks

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