"commissive" meaning in English

See commissive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more commissive [comparative], most commissive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} commissive (comparative more commissive, superlative most commissive)
  1. By commission; resulting from a positive act.
    Sense id: en-commissive-en-adj-zZKnXkj-
  2. (pragmatics) Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means. Categories (topical): Pragmatics Translations (making a commitment by illocutionary means): kommissiv (German), 언약적 (eonyakjeok) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-commissive-en-adj-SewyhQz8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 67 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 69 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 67 16 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences Disambiguation of 'making a commitment by illocutionary means': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commissively, commissive mood

Noun

Forms: commissives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} commissive (plural commissives)
  1. (pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat. Categories (topical): Pragmatics Coordinate_terms: behabitive, exercitive, expositive, verdictive Translations (speech act by which a commitment is made): Kommissiv [neuter] (German), 언약행위 (eonyakhaeng'wi) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-commissive-en-noun-XsIXt~HZ Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, pragmatics, sciences

Inflected forms

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