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continuative

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kən tin′yo̅o̅ ā′tiv, -ə tiv)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
con•tin•u•a•tive  (kən tin′yo̅o̅ ā′tiv, -ə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. tending or serving to continue;
    causing continuation or prolongation.
  2. expressing continuance of thought.
  3. Grammarexpressing a following event. In They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe, the second clause is continuative.
  4. Grammar(of a verbal form or aspect) expressing continuation.

n. 
  1. something continuative.
  2. Grammara continuative word or expression.
  • Late Latin continuātīvus connecting, copulative. See continuate, -ive
  • 1520–30
con•tin′u•a′tive•ly, adv. 
con•tin′u•a′tive•ness, n. 

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