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Meaning of "desiderative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESIDERATIVE

desiderative  [dɪˈzɪdərətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESIDERATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Desiderative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DESIDERATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Desiderative mood

In linguistics, a desiderative form is one that has the meaning of "wanting to X". Desiderative forms are often verbs, derived from a more basic verb through a process of morphological derivation.

Definition of desiderative in the English dictionary

The first definition of desiderative in the dictionary is feeling or expressing desire. Other definition of desiderative is related in form to another verb and expressing the subject's desire or intention to perform the act denoted by the other verb. Desiderative is also a desiderative verb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESIDERATIVE


alliterative
əˈlɪtərətɪv
collaborative
kəˈlæbərətɪv
commemorative
kəˈmɛmərətɪv
confederative
kənˈfɛdərətɪv
considerative
kənˈsɪdərətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
corroborative
kəˈrɒbərətɪv
curative
ˈkjʊərətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
evaporative
ɪˈvæpərətɪv
federative
ˈfɛdərətɪv
figurative
ˈfɪɡərətɪv
generative
ˈdʒɛnərətɪv
iterative
ˈɪtərətɪv
operative
ˈɒpərətɪv
postoperative
pəʊstˈɒpərətɪv
preoperative
priːˈɒpərətɪv
proliferative
prəˈlɪfərətɪv
regenerative
rɪˈdʒenərətɪv
ulcerative
ˈʌlsərətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESIDERATIVE

desi
desiccant
desiccate
desiccated
desiccation
desiccative
desiccator
desiderata
desiderate
desideration
desideratum
desiderium
design
designable
designate
designated
designated area
designated driver
designated employment
designation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESIDERATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
comparative
conservative
creative
cumulative
derivative
illustrative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of desiderative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «desiderative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESIDERATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

desiderative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desiderativo
570 millions of speakers

English

desiderative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

desiderative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

desiderative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

desiderative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Desiderativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইচ্ছার্থক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

desiderative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Desiderative
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

desiderative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

願望
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

desiderative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Desiderative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

desiderative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

desiderative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Desiderative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dilek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

desiderativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

desiderative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

desiderative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deziderat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

desiderative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

desiderative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

desiderative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

desiderative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of desiderative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESIDERATIVE»

The term «desiderative» is used very little and occupies the 168.734 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESIDERATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESIDERATIVE»

Discover the use of desiderative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to desiderative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Reference Grammar of Japanese
Another kind of desiderative was common in Heian and Kamakura days with various forms V-a-masi-, V-a-mausi-, and V-a-mahosi that are contractions from V-a-m[u] a[ku] hosi- (? <*por-asi ); see p. 943. Throughout the Ryukyus the common ...
Samuel Elmo Martin, 2004
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics : Volume III
Desiderative conceptions fit with the Humean idea that reason can only be instrumental. They also promise to explain the way in which recognizing something as reasonable or as beneficial tends to resonate with agents or exert a motivational ...
Russ Shafer-Landau, 2008
3
The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
19.4.2 Desiderative clauses A desiderative form in a dependent clause always requires the same subject as that of the main clause. Similarly to the same- subject purposive, desiderative is an uninflected verb. Desiderative can express  ...
Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, 2008
4
The Native Languages of South America: Origins, Development, ...
Until more is known about the source of the Kamaiur ́a desiderative marker -wej, this remains an open question. 5 Conclusion This study has found that in a global perspective morphosyntactic desiderative markers occur more frequently in ...
Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken, 2014
5
Aristotle's De Anima: A Critical Commentary
Even though desires may be contrary to each other, the desiderative capacity that moves the animal is unified: Now one in form is the mover, the desiderative power as desiderative power, and first of all the object of desire (not being moved  ...
Ronald Polansky, 2007
6
Causatives in Minimalism
(11) Minä laula-n I(n) sing-1s 'I sing' Nelson (1999: 148[12])] The difference between this sentence and the desiderative causative is, however, more than just the absence of the causative suffix (12). (12) Minu-a laula-tta-a I-part sing-cause- 3s ...
Mercedes Tubino Blanco, 2011
7
An Essay on the Principles of Sanskrit Grammar
27$, and Tabic XXV, 3d part : — in the desiderative they take ^TTsf and rules 275 and 296", relative to the reduplication.. In the passive,, they take the 2Cth form, in- the first four tenses, see Table V, and in tense ^ they take the sign ^ — see ...
Henry P. Forster, 1810
8
Handbook of Australian Languages
(166) patita-tu-rkari ya!puta carry+DES-me-DU+TR+PRES meat+ABS Those two ought to carry the meat for me 4.7.2 IRREALIS-DESIDERATIVE. The irrealis- desiderative mood is marked by the suffix ֊ta on both transitive and intransitive verbs ...
R. M. W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake, 1983
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‘Simplicius’: On Aristotle On the Soul 3.6-13
If, however, the reading would be orekton (sc. desirable), one should take it as what is actually a desiderative power, that is what is together both desirable and desiderative. For just as what is known in act is identical with the cognitive power  ...
Carlos Steel, 2014
10
A Grammar of Udihe
Desiderative The Desiderative -mu:i- typically expresses a wish or the internal ( physical) necessity to accomplish a particular action. Most commonly it applies to a restricted group of verbs, that is, verbs that refer to some physical human ...
Irina Nikolaeva, Maria Tolskaya, 2001

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESIDERATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term desiderative is used in the context of the following news items.
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CHARLES NGANDWE DICTIONARY [CND] PART III
Ukutapilisha – to water the earth (slang) [From Latin micturīre, to want to urinate, desiderative of meiere, to urinate. ZOMBIE: There are several ... «UKZAMBIANS, Jul 11»
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Appeasement Doesn't Work: Fatwa Issued Against 'Draw …
In a desiderative whim, she drew innocuous, refrigerator-door magnet caliber pictures which she claimed were images of. Mohammad: a spool ... «NewsBusters, Jul 10»

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