stative

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10
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11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsteɪtɪv/

Definition of stative

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property or status.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property or status.
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete, rare)Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
    “1805 On the Situation, Manners and Inhabitants of Germany; and the Life Of Agricola; by Cornelius Tacitus: Translated into English by John Aikin. The camp also was weak, being no more than a common one, such as the Romans flung up on their march. It has no appearance of ever having been stative.”
    “1831 James Knox: The topography of the basin of the Tay It is evident, that a Roman station has existed at Bertha; and one of the objects of its construction here, seems to have been the command of the ford across the Tay. Derder's Ford, being the first above the tide-way, the importance of the position, in a military point of view, is obvious. From the ramparts that remain, it appears to have been of considerably larger dimensions than the celebrated stative camp at Ardoch.”

noun

  1. A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.

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Etymology

From Latin stativus.

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