Equative Definition

ĕkwə-tĭv
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a form of an adjective or adverb indicating identity of degree of comparison.
American Heritage
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
Wiktionary
noun
The equative degree.
American Heritage
An adjective or adverb expressing the equative degree.
American Heritage

(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.

Wiktionary

(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Equative

Noun

Singular:
equative
Plural:
equatives

Origin of Equative

  • equate +"Ž -ive

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

EEQEQU

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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