stative
/ˈsteɪtɪv/
stative adjective: of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property, quality or status.
Adjective
stative (not comparable)
- Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property, quality or status.
- Granted, then, that the original meaning of these verbs was stative, the fact that a number of them have more or less involuntary meaning admits of a ready explanation. From the idea of becoming, in which originally there was in all probability no idea of volition, the idea of becoming, happening...1903 Frank R. Blake: So-Called Intransitive Verbal Forms in the Semitic Languages. Dissertation Submitted to the Johns Hopkins University. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. xxiv...
- The stative is a verb form used to express a state of being in which its subject is, was, or will be. Originally, the stative expressed the perfect tense: that is, completed action. By Middle Egyptian, however, other verb forms were used for that function, and the stative had come to express...2000 James P. Allen: Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs. Cambridge University Press
- Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
- 1805 On the Situation, Manners and Inhabitants of Germany; and the Life Of Agricola; by Cornelius Tacitus: Translated into English by John Aikin.
The camp also was weak, being no more than a common one, such as the Romans flung up on their march. It has no appearance of ever having been stative. - It is evident, that a Roman station has existed at Bertha; and one of the objects of its construction here, seems to have been the command of the ford across the Tay. Derder's Ford, being the first above the tide-way, the importance of the position, in a military point of view, is obvious. From the...1831 James Knox: The topography of the basin of the Tay
- 1805 On the Situation, Manners and Inhabitants of Germany; and the Life Of Agricola; by Cornelius Tacitus: Translated into English by John Aikin.
Noun
stative (plural statives)
- A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.
stative meaning in Tamil
stative in Tamil
- இருப்பு
Synonyms of stative
Antonyms
Forms of stative
| plural | statives |
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Origin of stative
From Latin stativus.
Words formed from stative
Phrases with stative
Words that rhyme with stative
- native
- dative
- creative
- translative
- equative
- illative
- collative
- induplicative
- innative
- optative
- prolative
- sublative
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Questions about stative
- What does stative mean?
- Stative means of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property, quality or status.
- What is stative in Tamil?
- Stative in Tamil is இருப்பு. See Stative meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stative?
- Stative can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce stative?
- Stative is pronounced /ˈsteɪtɪv/.
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