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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPICTIVE

depictive  [dɪˈpɪktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPICTIVE

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

WHAT DOES DEPICTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of depictive in the English dictionary

The definition of depictive in the dictionary is representing or depicting its subject accurately or recognizably; not abstract.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEPICTIVE


addictive
əˈdɪktɪv
adjective
ˈædʒɪktɪv
afflictive
əˈflɪktɪv
benedictive
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪv
conflictive
kənˈflɪktɪv
constrictive
kənˈstrɪktɪv
contradictive
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪv
convictive
kənˈvɪktɪv
fictive
ˈfɪktɪv
inflictive
ɪnˈflɪktɪv
interdictive
ˌɪntəˈdɪktɪv
jurisdictive
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪktɪv
magnetostrictive
mæɡˌniːtəʊrɪˈstrɪktɪv
maledictive
ˌmælɪˈdɪktɪv
nonaddictive
ˌnɒnəˈdɪktɪv
nonrestrictive
ˌnɒnrɪˈstrɪktɪv
predictive
prɪˈdɪktɪv
restrictive
rɪˈstrɪktɪv
vasoconstrictive
ˌveɪzəʊkənˈstrɪktɪv
vindictive
vɪnˈdɪktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPICTIVE

depersonalization
depersonalize
dephlegmate
dephlegmation
dephlegmator
dephlogisticate
dephosphorylate
depict
depicter
depiction
depictor
depicture
depigmentation
depilate
depilation
depilator
depilatories
depilatory
deplane
deplenish

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPICTIVE

active
alternative
attractive
collective
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
inactive
interactive
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of depictive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «depictive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPICTIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

depictive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

depictive
570 millions of speakers

English

depictive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चित्रात्मक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

depictive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изобразительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

depictive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

depictive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

depictive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggambarkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abbild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

記述的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

depictive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggambar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

depictive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

depictive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दृष्टिकोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hikayeci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

depictive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

depictive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

образотворче
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

depictive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απεικονιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

depictive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

depictive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

depictive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of depictive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPICTIVE»

The term «depictive» is used very little and occupies the 151.624 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPICTIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPICTIVE»

Discover the use of depictive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to depictive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Visual Thought: The Depictive Space of Perception
Lc number: 2006049946
Liliana Albertazzi, 2006
2
Secondary Predication and Adverbial Modification: The ...
predicative relationship (i.e. the depictive predicates an eventuality of the controller). The controller is not expressed separately as an argument of the depictive! . . . l. iii. The depictive makes a predication about the controller which is at least in ...
Nikolaus Himmelmann, Eva Schultze-Berndt, 2006
3
Asymmetry in Grammar
This restriction shows that the xP hosting the object-oriented depictive may be ordered lower than both the adverb and the xP hosting the subject-oriented depictive on the adverbial hierarchy, and thus has a closer structural relation with the ...
Anne-Marie Di Sciullo, 2003
4
Using Language
If Helen had construed these as depictive, he would have failed. There has been little investigation of how people engineer all this, even though they do it all the time. HOW TO DEMONSTRATE The point of demonstrating a thing is to enable ...
Herbert H. Clark, 1996
5
Semantics
(iii) The third issue is that a direct predication analysis of resultatives such as the analysis described here cannot plausibly be extended to depictive predication. In the next section we look more closely at depictive predication and complex ...
Klaus von Heusinger, Claudia Maienborn, Paul Portner, 2011
6
Strategies of Orientation in Environmental Spaces
In the 1970's the so called “imagery debate” emerged about the question whether depictive (or perception‐like) representations exist additional to descriptive (or language‐like) representations (e.g., Paivio, 1971; Kosslyn, 1980; Pylyshyn, ...
Tobias Meilinger, 2008
7
Complex Predicates: The Syntax-morphology Interface
The depictive modification test also allows us to diagnose the bi-eventive properties of these causatives as shown in the following examples: (34) Depictive modification of the causer and the causee a. gia-m eliso-s k'oncert'i cha-a-c'er-in- a ...
Leila Lomashvili, 2011
8
The Case for Mental Imagery
Table 1.1 summarizes the key characteristics of propositional and depictive formats. An actual picture (a literal depiction) is not the only form of depictive representation. Rather, a pattern in an N-dimensional array in a computer can be a ...
Stephen M. Kosslyn Department of Psychology Harvard University, William L. Thompson Department of Psychology Harvard University, Giorgio Ganis Department of Psychology Harvard University, 2006
9
A Grammar of Lao
It is possible, but pragmatically dispreferred, for the depictive element in these expressions to appear after the primary predicate: (1132) ? ? man2 maa2 hiian2 maw2 3.B come house drunk (He came home drunk.) The preference for the ...
N. J. Enfield, 2007
10
Introducing Arguments
2.1.3.1 The Syntax and Semantics of Depictives A depictive secondary predicate describes a state that one of the arguments of the verb is in during the event described by the verb. This state can be predicated of either an internal or an ...
Liina Pylkkänen, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPICTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term depictive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ten Nineties Earworms That Just Get Better With Age
The atmosphere of “Only Happy When It Rains” feels cinematic, like a viable soundtrack depictive of the emotional interior of The Craft 's ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
2
JMW Turner at de Young: seeking meaning within the momentous
The intimate scale of Turner's watercolors and his oil paintings' prizing of almost cinematic effects above depictive detail activate fully the ... «SFGate, Jun 15»
3
Apple Inc. Finds Wearable More Profitable Than Expected
Slice analyzes e-mail receipts from 2 million people, depictive of US online shoppers, 20,000 of whom purchased an Apple Watch. The Data ... «Smarter Analyst, Jun 15»
4
The London action: another step, revealing Western political …
But it is enough to carry out a short study to reveal that the luxuriously presented text is nothing but the depictive foam. Anti-Azerbaijan mood ... «APA, Jun 15»
5
Olympus Releases the E-M5 Mark II Micro Four Thirds Camera …
... form, this lens is representative of ZUIKO QUALITY for its even sharpness to the edges of the image and excellent depictive power. Read all ... «SYS-CON Media, May 15»
6
Kla Lingo (Part 3)
There are very few things that are more popular, more beloved and more depictive of the lifestyle of people in Kampala than the Rolex. «New Vision, May 15»
7
Relationship Matters: How to deal with unkind comments
Reject all the harsh statements as truly depictive of you. • Compassionately validate the individual as you guard your safety. Most people ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Apr 15»
8
Mildred Howard at Richmond Art Center: Wide range of moods
By inserting black disks among the figures in “Bode,” Brady blocks easy depictive readings and brings to mind occlusions in the work of ... «SFGate, Apr 15»
9
Capture Photography Festival launch: Images that Speak (video)
"I've worked through different artists that manipulate their images, so in a way they take away your normal depictive realisitic image and add ... «Straight.com, Apr 15»
10
GD Goenka Public School celebrates annual day in Gurgaon
The Annual Day celebrations were recently hosted by the GD Goenka Public School, Sector 48, Gurgaon, with a unique depictive ... «Times of India, Mar 15»

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