"expective" meaning in English

See expective in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more expective [comparative], most expective [superlative]
Etymology: expect + -ive Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|expect|ive}} expect + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} expective (comparative more expective, superlative most expective)
  1. expectative
    Sense id: en-expective-en-adj-phRJon-1
  2. (linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-expective-en-adj-w1oaZlZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 4 96 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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