durative
Etymology
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Etymology
From duration + -ive.
Adjective- Of or pertaining to duration.
- Long-lasting.
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
- (long-lasting) diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
- French: duratif
durative (plural duratives)
- (linguistics) This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
- French: duratif
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