"suppressive" meaning in English

See suppressive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /səˈprɛ.sɪv/, [səˈpʰrʷɛ.sɪv] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suppressive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more suppressive [comparative], most suppressive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive From suppress + -ive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|suppress|-ive|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ive", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-if", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-yf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "suppressive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="suppressive"> From suppress + -ive. Head templates: {{en-adj}} suppressive (comparative more suppressive, superlative most suppressive)
  1. That serves to suppress. Translations (Translations): suprimiente (Spanish)
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Noun

IPA: /səˈprɛ.sɪv/, [səˈpʰrʷɛ.sɪv] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suppressive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: suppressives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive From suppress + -ive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|suppress|-ive|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English suppress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suppressive [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ive", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-if", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-yf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "suppressive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="suppressive"> From suppress + -ive. Head templates: {{en-noun}} suppressive (plural suppressives)
  1. Any drug that acts to suppress a condition.
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Inflected forms

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      "glosses": [
        "That serves to suppress."
      ],
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          "suppress",
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        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/səˈprɛ.sɪv/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[səˈpʰrʷɛ.sɪv]"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛsɪv"
    }
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "suprimiente"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "ipa": "/səˈprɛ.sɪv/"
    },
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    },
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