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Meaning of "compulsative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPULSATIVE

compulsative  [kəmˈpʌlsətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPULSATIVE

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

WHAT DOES COMPULSATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of compulsative in the English dictionary

The definition of compulsative in the dictionary is compulsory.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPULSATIVE


administrative
ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv
adversative
ədˈvɜːsətɪv
alternative
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv
conversative
kənˈvɜːsətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
defensative
dɪˈfensətɪv
dispensative
dɪsˈpensətɪv
fixative
ˈfɪksətɪv
incrassative
ɪnˈkræsətɪv
initiative
ɪˈnɪʃɪətɪv
intensative
ɪnˈtensətɪv
intensitive
ɪnˈtɛnsətɪv
laxative
ˈlæksətɪv
negative
ˈnɛɡətɪv
pulsative
ˈpʌlsətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
relaxative
rɪˈlæksətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
taxative
ˈtæksətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPULSATIVE

comptrollership
compulsatory
compulse
compulsion
compulsionist
compulsitor
compulsive
compulsively
compulsiveness
compulsivity
compulsorily
compulsory
compulsory liquidation
compulsory purchase
compunction
compunctious
compunctiously
compurgation
compurgator
compurgatorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPULSATIVE

active
comparative
conservative
creative
cumulative
derivative
illustrative
imperative
in the negative
indicative
informative
innovative
investigative
legislative
narrative
native
operative
qualitative
quantitative
sales representative
tentative

Synonyms and antonyms of compulsative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «compulsative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPULSATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

compulsative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compulsative
570 millions of speakers

English

compulsative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

compulsative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

compulsative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

compulsative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compulsative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

compulsative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compulsative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Compulsive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

compulsative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

compulsative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

compulsative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Compulsif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

compulsative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

compulsative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिवार्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

compulsative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compulsative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

compulsative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

compulsative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compulsative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

compulsative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

compulsative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

compulsative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

compulsative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compulsative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPULSATIVE»

The term «compulsative» is used very little and occupies the 157.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPULSATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPULSATIVE»

Discover the use of compulsative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compulsative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hamlet: The New Variorum Edition
Knt, Dyce i, 103. compulsative] compulfatory Qq, Del. Moh. Warh. Cap. Jen. Steev . Var. Sing, i, 100. w] Om. O^Qs. Glo.+, Moh. has the same sense as improve. This last word NaREs defines hy ' to reprove or refute ; as from improlo, Latin.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 2000
2
A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare
Comptible. Susceptible; sensible. Good beauties, let me sustain no scorn ; I am very comptible, even to the least sinister usage. Twelfth-Night, i. 5. Compulsative. Compulsive ; compulsory. Which is no other But to recover of us, by strong hand ...
Swynfen Jervis, 1868
3
Hamlet: a tragedy ... Mit Sprache und Sachen erläuternden ...
Shark'd up l) a list of lawless resolutes, 2) For food and diet‚ t0 some enterprize T hat hath a stomach“) in 't: which is no other (As lt doth well appear unto our stete) But ') t0 recover 0f us, hy strong band Aud terms compulsative, 5) those ...
William Shakespeare, Carl Ludwig Wilhelm FRANCKE, 1849
4
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems
For food and diet, to some enterpri/e That hath a stomach in't : which is no other ( As it doth well appear unto our state) But to recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsative 4, those 'foresaid lands So by his father lost. And this, I take it,  ...
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier, 1858
5
A Synoptic Hamlet: a Critical-Synoptic Edition of the Second ...
1 20 And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands compulsative, 121 So by his father lost; and this, I take it, 122 Is the main motive of our preparations, 105 123 The source of this our watch, and the chief head 1 24 Of this post-haste and ...
Jesús Tronch, William Shakespeare, 2002
6
Hamlet--the Shakespearean Director
17-25) Fortinbras's conveniently timed arrival in Act V has an unmistakable, if thinly veiled, purpose: 'To recover ... by strong hand / And terms compulsative those foresaid lands / So by his father lost' (I.i.101-3). Under the 'terms compulsative', ...
Mike Wilcock, 2002
7
CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet
calls for courage. terms compulsative.' forced terms. chief head.' main purpose. romage.' rummage, bustle. Well. . . sort': It may turn out. question.' subject. mote.' speck of dust. Compare Julius Caesar, l.3.10—32, and ll.1.16—23. Julius Caesar  ...
William Shakespeare, 2004
8
Encyclopaedia metropolitana: or Universal dictionary of ...
In Hamlet, the first folio reads compulsative. Finally, what doth thy compulsion and violence ? Verily nothing but make a starkc hypocrite : for no man can compel the hart to bcleue a thing except it see euidence and sufficiente profe. Frith.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
9
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
And thus compulsion is equivalent to Force, violence, constraint, COMPULSION, Compu'lsivk, c0mpi/i.8ivklv, Compi/lsative, Compu'lsatory, Compu'lsory, Compi/ lsorily. obligation. In Hamlet, the first folio reads compulsative. Finally, what doth ...
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845
10
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
And thus compulsion is equivalent to Force, violence, constraint, COMPULSION, Compu'lsive, CoMPU/I,S1VF.I/Y, Compu'lsative, Compu'lsatory, Compu'lsorY; Compi/lsorily. obligation. In Hamlet, the first folio reads compulsative. Finally ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Compulsative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/compulsative>. Jun 2026 ».
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