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PRONUNCIATION OF DEHORTATIVE

dehortative  [dɪˈhɔːtətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEHORTATIVE

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

WHAT DOES DEHORTATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hortative

The hortative is a group of semantically similar deontic modalities in some languages. Hortative modalities encourage or urge. In English, there are seven hortative modalities: the adhortative, exhortative, suprahortative, cohortative, dehortative, inhortative, and infrahortative. They differ by intensity, attitude and in the case of the cohortative, person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEHORTATIVE


assortative
əˈsɔːtətɪv
cohortative
kəʊˈhɔːtətɪv
commutative
kəˈmjuːtətɪv
computative
kəmˈpjuːtətɪv
confutative
kənˈfjuːtətɪv
disputative
dɪˈspjuːtətɪv
exhortative
ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv
hortative
ˈhɔːtətɪv
imputative
ɪmˈpjuːtətɪv
mutative
ˈmjuːtətɪv
noncommutative
ˌnɒnkəˈmjuːtətɪv
portative
ˈpɔːtətɪv
putative
ˈpjuːtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
reputative
rɪˈpjuːtətɪv
sternutative
stɜːˈnjuːtətɪv
tentative
ˈtɛntətɪv
transmutative
trænzˈmjuːtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEHORTATIVE

dehisce
dehiscence
dehiscent
dehorn
dehorner
dehort
dehortation
dehortatory
dehorter
Dehra Dun
dehumanization
dehumanize
dehumanizing
dehumidification
dehumidified
dehumidifier
dehumidifies
dehumidify
dehydrate
dehydrated

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEHORTATIVE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of dehortative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dehortative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEHORTATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

dehortative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dehortative
570 millions of speakers

English

dehortative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निवारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dehortative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dehortative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dehortative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dehortative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dehortative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dehortatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dehortative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dehortative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dehortative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dehortatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dehortative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dehortative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयानक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dehortative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dehortative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dehortative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dehortative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dehortative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dehortative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dehortative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dehortative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dehortative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dehortative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEHORTATIVE»

The term «dehortative» is used very little and occupies the 154.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEHORTATIVE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEHORTATIVE»

Discover the use of dehortative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dehortative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Grammar of Toqabaqita
(Alilifeo is a reduplicated form of alifeo 'make noise', but neither ali nor feo exist in present-day Toqabaqita.) 20.3.2. Archaic dehortatives Toqabaqita has a complete set of dehortative subject markers, which are listed in table 4.5 in section 4.8.
Frantisek Lichtenberk, 2008
2
The Semantics of Clause Linking: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
There are five sets of subject markers distinguished by the tense, aspect, etc. values: (i) non-future tense; (ii) future tense/ imperfective aspect; (iii) sequentiality ; (iv) negative; (v) dehortative. The dehortative set is archaic and is of no relevance ...
R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, 2009
3
Vetu8s Testamentum
In the Deuteronomic Sabbath-commandment the motivation is taken up again and strengthened by the composite conjunction 'al ken: 'al-ken siwwkd Jahwe '' lohekd la'°s6t 'etjom haIsabbdt *). The motive clause of a dehortative, dissuasive  ...
4
Adjective classes: a cross-linguistic typology
The few adjectives that can be marked for dehortative or apprehensive mood are all physical property or human propensity adjectives. No adjectives belonging to the semantic types of dimension, age, value, or colour can be marked for ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd, 2004
5
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The latter Sanscrit particleqr nui is (like its cognate me, A or M in Persic, an in Greek) the dehortative “ no," commonly prefixed to the imperative or optative mood ; as 1|' M (the same with the Persic, Latin, and Teutonic particle) is the simple ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1833
6
The Court of King James I. of the Most Distinguished ...
There is one Mr. Aldred (sometimes secretary to the Lord Evers) committed for writing to my Lord Buckingham a dehortative letter against the match with Spain, which they say is more sufficiently than discreetly penned. And yet I cannot see ...
Godfrey Goodman, 1839
7
Grammar of the New Zealand language
The dehortative and cautionary particles kaua, aua, keif belong strictly to the imperative. (e) Under this head we should perhaps also mention the particle me. As it is occasionally heard instead of the real imperative, we shall give it a place ...
R. Maunsell, 1842
8
Collectanea Curiosa; Or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to ...
There is one Mr. Aldred (sometimes Secretary to the Lord L'vres) committed for wryting' to my Lord of Buckingham a dehortative letter against the match with Spayn, which they say is more sufficiently than discreetly penned : And yet I cannot ...
9
Life of Lord Jeffrey Volume 1 with a Selection from His ...
Referring to this admonition, he says, in another part of the preceding letter, "I hope you got (naming the poem) back in safety, and have softened my dehortative to the ingenious, and, I am persuaded, amiable author." Nobody could stand so ...
Henry Thomas Cockburn, 2004
10
LORD BYRON AND SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES: WITH ...
... House, the doctor, who was very kind and pleasant, but who probably drew none of our deductions in favour of the young writer's abilities, warned me against the perils of authorship ; adding, as a final dehortative, that " the shelves were full.
LEIGH HUNT, 1828

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dehortative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dehortative>. Apr 2024 ».
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