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PRONUNCIATION OF ARRESTIVE

arrestive  [əˈrestɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARRESTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Arrestive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARRESTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of arrestive in the English dictionary

The definition of arrestive in the dictionary is tending to arrest.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARRESTIVE


adjustive
əˈdʒʌstɪv
aerodigestive
ˌɛərəʊdɪˈdʒɛstɪv
assistive
əˈsɪstɪv
combustive
kəmˈbʌstɪv
congestive
kənˈdʒɛstɪv
contragestive
ˌkɒntrəˈdʒestɪv
contrastive
kənˈtrɑːstɪv
costive
ˈkɒstɪv
decongestive
ˌdɪkənˈdʒɛstɪv
digestive
dɪˈdʒɛstɪv
exhaustive
ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv
festive
ˈfɛstɪv
ingestive
ɪnˈdʒɛstɪv
intempestive
ˌɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv
investitive
ɪnˈvestɪv
locorestive
ˌləʊkəʊˈrestɪv
resistive
rɪˈzɪstɪv
restive
ˈrɛstɪv
suggestive
səˈdʒɛstɪv
tempestive
tɛmˈpɛstɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARRESTIVE

arrearage
arrears
arrect
arreede
arrest
arrest judgment
arrest of judgment
arrest warrant
arrestable
arrestant
arrestation
arrested development
arrestee
arrester
arresting
arresting officer
arrestingly
arrestment
arrestor
arret

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARRESTIVE

active
alternative
automotive
autosuggestive
competitive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
indigestive
inexhaustive
interactive
maladjustive
native
negative
persistive
perspective
positive
stive

Synonyms and antonyms of arrestive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «arrestive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARRESTIVE

Find out the translation of arrestive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arrestive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arrestive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

arrestive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrestive
570 millions of speakers

English

arrestive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

arrestive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

arrestive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

arrestive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrestive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

arrestive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arrestive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penangkapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

arrestive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

arrestive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

arrestive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arrestive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

arrestive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

arrestive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अटकपूर्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

durdurucu bir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arrestive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

arrestive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

arrestive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arrestive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

arrestive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arrestive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arrestive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arrestive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arrestive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARRESTIVE»

The term «arrestive» is used very little and occupies the 179.473 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARRESTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «arrestive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «arrestive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arrestive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARRESTIVE»

Discover the use of arrestive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arrestive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Text and Context in Functional Linguistics
Just like arrestive contact, concurrent contact too is not limited to occur only with sub-texts: a parallel text may be concurrent with another, the context construed by the two being independent of each other. This is illustrated by example C, ...
Mohsen Ghadessy, 1999
2
A first English grammar. Key
2. ' Else,' co-ordinating, adversative, exclusive. 3. ' Still,' co-ordinating, adversative, arrestive. 4. ' Only,' co-ordinating, adversative, arrestive. 5. ' However ,' co-ordinating, adversative, arrestive. 6. ' But,' co-ordinating, adversative, arrestive.
Alexander Bain, 1872
3
Introduction to Physiological Psychology
Herbart, the psychologist of Konigsberg, was the first to teach this reciprocally arrestive or incitant influence of dormant ideas, although he did so in another form, and without any knowledge of its physiological basis. He thought it possible , ...
Theodor Ziehen, 1892
4
The Method of the Divine Government
Some are Instigative. and others Arrestive ; (2.) some are Adhesive, and others Repulsive; (3.) some are RemuneraTive, and others Punitive ; (i) some are Responsive To Joy, and others Responsive To Sorrow. I. The Arrestive And Instigative.
James McCosh, 2001
5
A Higher English Grammar
ARRESTIVE AND ILLATIVE. 107 'Do as you please; only let your intention be apparent'; that is, your doing so is still to permit this one thing, namely, that you make your intention apparent. For all that, in spite of all that, notwithstanding all that, ...
Alexander Bain, 1891
6
The Complete Book on Rubber Chemicals
Arrestive stabilization can be carried out effectively by removal or inactivation of the degradative source to prevent further more serious deterioration from occurring, or else it can be accomplished by introducing reactive sites or structures ...
NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, 2009
7
Retinal Neurons—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 ...
Nano delivery of therapeutics can perform both additive and arrestive functions influencing the environment either way, depending on the targeting. By manipulating the environment at the nanoscale, the rate and distribution of healing can be ...
‎2012
8
The Foundations of Music
For example, of chords involving the tones c, e, and g, ceg is the stablest and most arrestive, because it contains a fifth (consonance of second grade) in the outer voices and the most fused paraphony (major third) in the outer voices. Of the two ...
9
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... catch, collar, seizure, taking con discharge, freeing, liberation, release arrestation n syn ARREST, apprehension, arrestment, ||bust, detention, ||nab, pickup, pinch arresting adj syn NOTICEABLE, arrestive, conspicuous, marked, outstanding, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
10
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
SeeREX, para26. arrest,n,v; arrestation, arrestive, arrestment. Arrest, n, (F passes through ME arestfrom OF arest arrêt),itself from thevar ester (VL *arrestāre:ad, to+ restāre, to stop orremain: f.a.e., REST, remainder)—whence, via MEaresten, ...
Eric Partridge, 2006

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARRESTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arrestive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Top Florida artists on display at juried exhibit in Sarasota
This year's exhibition will be juried by internationally acclaimed Artist Robert Tarbell, known for his arrestive technique in manipulating smoke ... «83degreesmedia, Jun 15»
2
Tama County Jail Bookings & Arrests
9:15 a.m.- Nickolas Scott Giannetto , 22, Tama, arrestive in the 100 block of 100 block of North Main, Toledo, on a charge of 5th degree theft by ... «Tama News-Herald - Toledo Chronicle, Nov 14»
3
Nelson Mandela: great, heroic and human
What we usually see is that the more prominent the arrestive parts, the less attention we see given to the parts that don't fit in with that picture. «Network Norwich, Dec 13»
4
Public can learn Malaysia's history through artist's works
He would have congratulated Paiman on his arrestive and imperative work.” Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves will be held till Nov 30 at Wei-Ling ... «The Star Online, Oct 12»
5
UFC On FX: Jim Miller vs. Melvin Guillard Dissection
The arrestive sequence propelled "The Young Assassin", still in his early twenties, to a slot on the proven breeding grounds of The Ultimate ... «Bloody Elbow, Jan 12»
6
Alicia Keys Talks 'Songs in A Minor' NYC Show, Son + More
... which launched her career as a conscious songwriter, zealous producer and arrestive talent. To commemorate the re-release of the project, ... «The BoomBox, Jun 11»
7
UN tribunal jails two Bosnian Serbs for life over Srebrenica massacre
“In the context of the war in the former Yugoslavia, and in the context of human history, these events are arrestive in their scale and brutality.”. «UN News Centre, Jun 10»

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