presentative
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /pɹəˈzɛntətɪv/
Adjective

presentative

  1. Capable of being directly known by, or presented to, the mind; intuitive; directly apprehensible, as objects; capable of apprehending, as faculties.
  2. (ecclesiastical, legal) Having the right of presentation, or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution.
  3. Admitting the presentation of a clergyman.
  4. (grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
  5. (obsolete) Representative, representing another, or representing a larger group.
  6. Presenting or representing an idea in the mind.
Noun

presentative (plural presentatives)

  1. (grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.



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