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copulative

Meaning of "copulative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COPULATIVE

ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COPULATIVE

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

WHAT DOES COPULATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of copulative in the English dictionary

The first definition of copulative in the dictionary is serving to join or unite. Other definition of copulative is of or characteristic of copulation. Copulative is also having the nature of a copula.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COPULATIVE

accumulative · articulative · calculative · circulative · coagulative · cumulative · dissimulative · ejaculative · emasculative · emulative · expostulative · granulative · manipulative · noncumulative · recapitulative · regulative · simulative · speculative · stimulative · unspeculative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COPULATIVE

copter · Coptic · Coptic Church · copublisher · copula · copulae · copular · copulate · copulation · copulatively · copulatory · copurify · copy · copy and paste · copy desk · copy editor · copy holder · copy in · copy machine

WORDS THAT END LIKE COPULATIVE

active · administrative · alternative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · creative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · informative · initiative · innovative · legislative · narrative · native · negative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of copulative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «copulative» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF COPULATIVE

Find out the translation of copulative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of copulative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «copulative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

系辞
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

copulativa
570 millions of speakers
en

English

copulative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

copulative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

copulative
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

копулятивная
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

copulative
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সংযোজক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

copulatif
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Copulative
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

kopulativ
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

交尾の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

copulative
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Copulative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên hiệp lại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

copulative
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संभ्रमित
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

çiftleşme ile ilgili
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

copulativo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kopulacyjny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

копулятивна
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

copulativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνδετικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kopulatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

copulative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Copulative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of copulative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COPULATIVE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of copulative
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about copulative

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COPULATIVE»

Discover the use of copulative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to copulative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Copulative Conjunctions Que, Et, Atque in the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Herbert Charles Elmer, 2012
2
Aristotle's Theory of Predication
Indeed, this relatively modern innovation of Greek grammar, of separating 'elvaf into its existential and copulative uses, may create more problems than it solves. Grammatical descriptions of words serving as the copula, obscure, or, at best, ...
Allan Bäck, 2000
3
The Composition of Meaning: From Lexeme to Discourse
Chapter. 2. Coordination. in. morphology. and. syntax. The. case. of. copulative. compounds. Susan Olsen Humboldt University Berlin 1. Introduction This article is concerned with coordination in morphology and syntax whereby the main ...
Alice G. B. ter Meulen, Werner Abraham, 2004
4
A Syntactic Candidate Ranking Method for Answering ...
These are factoid questions that ask about a person, date, time, location, etc.
Abolfazl Keighobadi Lamjiri, 2007
5
Khoesan Languages
copulative rendering] Sentences in which the entire predicate is fronted, can be re-interpreted as co-referential copulative sentences, i.e. copulative sentences of the type “NP is NP”. Such sentences amount to cleft sentences (a sentence ...
Rainer Vossen, 2013
6
Language and Logic in the Post-Medieval Period
A veritate totius copulative ad veritatem cuiuslibet partis principalis est bona consequentia .... Ex quo patet quod a tota copulativa ad qua mlibct eius partem principalem est bona consequentia sed non e contra. 6. Si ad aliquam copulativam ...
E.J. Ashworth, 1974
7
The Edinburgh History of the Scots Language
4.4.1 Complements of Copulative Syntagms Copulative syntagms may, but need not govern a non-verbal syntagm. It has been argued for several languages that copulative syntagms must be complemented (Strang 1968: 203 for Present-day ...
Charles Jones, 1997
8
The Athenadoran Library
If it is incomplete, it is called copulative. 7.14.1 7.14.2 7.14.3 NOTE: A complete intransitive verb is one that makes a statement not requiring other words to complete the meaning of the sentence. Additional words may add information ( about ...
Athenadorus, 2008
9
Experience and Judgment
Since Aristotle, it has been held as certain that the basic schema of judgment is the copulative judgment, which is reducible to the basic form S is p. Every judgment having another composition, e.g., the form of a verbal proposition, can,  ...
Edmund Husserl, Ludwig Landgrebe, 1973
10
The Qualls Concise English Grammar
If it is incomplete, it is called copulative. 7.14.1 7.14.2 7.14.3 NOTE: A complete intransitive verb is one that makes a statement not requiring other words to complete the meaning of the sentence. Additional words may add information ( about ...
Eduard J. Qualls, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COPULATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term copulative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BookFilter: The Comma Queen, the King of Classical Music and …
I've never even heard of a copulative verb, and blush to think what it might suggest. Yet Norris makes it all fun. She's devilishly good at serving ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
2
On Tinder, Taking a Swipe at Love, or Sex, or Something, in New York
... I encountered plenty of sexed-up New Yorkers eager after only a few texts to engage in almost any sort of copulative activity. But I also talked ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
3
Zen and Japanese Culture
... with some summary judgment, some adjective as part of some copulative verb form (“is,” “are” all by itself). They haven't learned to swim with ... «The Japan Times, Nov 14»
4
Other milestones in the ancient history of sex
... and that Microbrachius Dicki should go back to reproducing the non-copulative way, where eggs were released and fertilized and no fun was ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
5
Sex is 385 million years old: Scientists describe pre-penis, weird …
A 380-million-year-old fish may be the first creature to have copulative sex - and it was side by side with arms linked, like square dancers. «Examiner.com, Oct 14»
6
Mpombo explains his love for big words
Mpombo: Yes I am the individual who relays copulative sensations to Mary's pelvic areas. Caller: Say that again, I don't understand! Mpombo: I ... «postzambia.com, Aug 14»
7
I'm well vs. I'm good, and why this involves copulating
Meet your new frenemy, the copulative verb. When I was in school, they were called “state of being” verbs, which is more accurate but less fun ... «Chron.com, Aug 14»
8
Through the Looking Glass Darkly
1) Well, big capital and government are in bed together and having one heck of a time of it, enjoying a copulative embrace that seems destined ... «Dissident Voice, Jun 14»
9
Quin Hillyer may not have much, but he'll cling to that “politically …
Look, Hillyer, I bet it sucks to know all those people are engaging in “copulative” behavior out there that happens not to include you. But since ... «Raw Story, Jun 14»
10
The Wolf of Wall Street
... inebriation -- but in real life, there must have been more casualties, directly, from that rampaging copulative and pharmacopic careening. «American Thinker, Jan 14»
REFERENCE
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