"additive" meaning in English

See additive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈæ.də.tɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav [UK] Forms: additive [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is additive, it involves addition.
    Sense id: simple-additive-en-adj-uT0CC6aR Categories (other): Attributive modifiers

Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈæ.də.tɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav [UK] Forms: additive [singular], additives [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An additive is a substance which is added to another substance to improve its quality.
    Sense id: simple-additive-en-noun--9EdxaKx
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "additive",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "additives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "An additive is a substance which is added to another substance to improve its quality."
      ],
      "id": "simple-additive-en-noun--9EdxaKx",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.də.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "additive"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "additive",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attributive modifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is additive, it involves addition."
      ],
      "id": "simple-additive-en-adj-uT0CC6aR",
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.də.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "additive"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "additive",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "additives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An additive is a substance which is added to another substance to improve its quality."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.də.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "additive"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "additive",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Attributive modifiers"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is additive, it involves addition."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.dɪ.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.də.tɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-additive.wav",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "additive"
}

Download raw JSONL data for additive meaning in English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-18 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (681a778 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.