"deictic" meaning in English

See deictic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdeɪktɪk/, /ˈdaɪktɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deictic.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deictic2.wav Forms: more deictic [comparative], most deictic [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δεικτικός||capable of proof}} Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} deictic (comparative more deictic, superlative most deictic)
  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to deixis; to a word whose meaning is dependent on context. Hypernyms: exophoric Coordinate_terms: homophoric Translations (pertaining to deixis): deikta (Esperanto), déictique (French), deiktisch (German), deiktyczny (Polish), дейкти́ческий (dejktíčeskij) (Russian), deíctico (Spanish), deiktisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deictic-en-adj-jZ0KmWXw Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'pertaining to deixis': 100 0
  2. Directly pointing out; specifying.
    Sense id: en-deictic-en-adj-q~3LIf7I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 77 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 87 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 80 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 76 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deictically, deictic center, nondeictic

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪktɪk/, /ˈdaɪktɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deictic.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deictic2.wav Forms: deictics [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|δεικτικός||capable of proof}} Ancient Greek δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} deictic (plural deictics)
  1. (grammar) Such a word (such as I or here). Hyponyms: pronoun
    Sense id: en-deictic-en-noun-O6wjwsqp Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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