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PRONUNCIATION OF EXAPTIVE

exaptive  [ekˈsæptɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXAPTIVE

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXAPTIVE


absorptive
əbˈsɔːptɪv
adaptive
əˈdæptɪv
adoptive
əˈdɒptɪv
adsorptive
ədˈsɔːptɪv
captive
ˈkæptɪv
contraceptive
ˌkɒntrəˈsɛptɪv
deceptive
dɪˈsɛptɪv
descriptive
dɪˈskrɪptɪv
disruptive
dɪsˈrʌptɪv
inadaptive
ˌɪnəˈdæptɪv
maladaptive
ˌmæləˈdæptɪv
nociceptive
ˌnəʊsɪˈsɛptɪv
nonadaptive
ˌnɒnəˈdæptɪv
perceptive
pəˈsɛptɪv
pre-emptive
prɪˈɛmptɪv
preadaptive
ˌpriːəˈdæptɪv
prescriptive
prɪˈskrɪptɪv
presumptive
prɪˈzʌmptɪv
proprioceptive
ˌprəʊprɪəˈsɛptɪv
receptive
rɪˈsɛptɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXAPTIVE

examining magistrate
example
exanimate
exanimation
exanthem
exanthema
exanthemata
exanthematic
exanthematous
exapted
exarate
exaration
exarch
exarchal
exarchate
exarchies
exarchist
exarchy
exasperate
exasperated

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXAPTIVE

acceptive
active
assumptive
conceptive
consumptive
corruptive
eruptive
exemptive
exteroceptive
heir presumptive
inceptive
interceptive
interoceptive
interruptive
nondisruptive
proscriptive
resorptive
sorptive
subscriptive
transumptive
unreceptive

Synonyms and antonyms of exaptive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «exaptive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXAPTIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

exaptive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exaptive
570 millions of speakers

English

exaptive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

exaptive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

exaptive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

exaptive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exaptive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

exaptive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exaptive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Exaptive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

exaptive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

exaptive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

exaptive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exaptive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

exaptive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

exaptive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

exaptive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

exaptive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

exaptive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

exaptive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exaptive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

exaptive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

exaptive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exaptive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exaptive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exaptive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXAPTIVE»

The term «exaptive» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXAPTIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXAPTIVE»

Discover the use of exaptive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exaptive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change
In this section, we sketch the theory of exaptive bootstrapping, which explains how such cascades happen. The theory, based on organization thinking, provides a qualitative description of a positive feedback dynamic in agent-artifact space, ...
David A. Lane, 2009
2
Neurobiology of human language and its evolution: Primate ...
Bickerton's model is thus continuist in this respect, while Darwin's is exaptive, involving a change in function. Peter MacNeilage, a speech scientist, has offered an exaptive hypothesis for the evolution of speech, where the oscillatory lip, jaw,  ...
Constance Scharff
3
The Evolution Controversy: A Survey of Competing Theories
Gould argues that it is the exaptive pool. If an organism has large numbers of currently nonadaptive features at its disposal, these represent potential avenues for selection to embark on that could move the organism away from one specific ...
Thomas B. Fowler, Daniel Kuebler, 2007
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Linguistics For Dummies
... book for more info on communication and more discussion of this issue. Is. Language. Adaptive. or. Exaptive? Let's assume — as most linguists do — that language is an evolved ability: Somewhere there was a genetic mutation that rewired ...
Rose-Marie Dechaine, Strang Burton, Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson, 2012
5
Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change
In the course of developing and deepening our theory of innovation, we have constructed agent-based models that provide insight into the dynamics associated with generative relationships and exaptive bootstrapping, two theoretical ...
Cristiano Antonelli, 2011
6
Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition
Gould and Vrba (1982) assumed that because of the conservative nature of evolution most traits of the species are exaptive. Applying this concept to the dog, it is clear that dogs can be said to be 'adapted' to the human environment only if we ...
Ã?dám Miklósi, 2008
7
Telling Stories / Geschichten erzählen: Literature and ...
The. Unlovely. Little. Sister. Storytelling. as. an. Exaptive. Phenomenon. Dirk Vanderbeke It may be safely assumed that in a collection of essays on “Literature and Evolution” most of the contributors will hold this truth to be self-evident that the ...
Carsten Gansel, Dirk Vanderbeke, 2012
8
Developmental Psychobiology: An Interdisciplinary Science
Box 4.2 Adaptive, Exaptive, and Evolutionarily Neutral Characteristics Some troops of Japanese macaques have been regularly given sweet potatoes, wheat, and other food by humans. As a result of this reliable source of concentrated food , ...
George F. Michel, 1995
9
Progress in Botany
These mutants may constitute an “exaptive pool” of traits which prove useful in changed or new environments. In addition there is the option of “functional shift” where traits adaptive to certain conditions can be found exaptive for different ...
Ulrich Lüttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Burkhard Büdel, 2012
10
Psychology and History: Interdisciplinary Explorations
Smail proposes that we adopt what I have called 'the exaptive stance' in examining the relationship between the human brain and human cul- ture.25 Briefly, then: the brain did not initially evolve in order to produce 21 Smail, On Deep History, ...
Cristian Tileagă, Jovan Byford, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXAPTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exaptive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oklahoma business news briefs
i2E Inc. recently led a $1.825 million investment in Oklahoma City-based Exaptive Inc., a company with a software platform that enables data ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
2
The Orion Conference: Turning Big Data Into Knowledge
Additionally, Orion Bionetwork's partner, Exaptive, a data-visualization company, created an interactive interface for the model, allowing users ... «Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, Jul 15»
3
Creative Oklahoma elects new board members
... founder and CEO of Exaptive; Mike Knopp, executive director of the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation; Chuck Mills, president and Owner ... «Edmond Sun, Jul 15»
4
Scott Meacham: Entrepreneur creates technology to help people …
“The question that we are trying to answer at Exaptive,” Dave told us, “is how can we best use technology to help people have good ideas? «Tulsa World, Jun 15»
5
Oklahoma briefs
i2E Inc. recently led a $1.825 million investment in Oklahoma City-based Exaptive, Inc., a company whose software platform helps data ... «NewsOK.com, Jun 15»
6
'Computational Psychiatry:' Why Is It A Hot New Field?
The man he pulled over was Dave King, the CEO of a local data visualization company called Exaptive. In partnership with the Accelerated ... «WBUR, Jul 14»
7
2014 Bio-IT World Expo Preview
... State University) and Dave King (Exaptive). This panel of Data Liquidity Coalition members will present three collaborative projects underway ... «Bio-IT World, Mar 14»
8
Cambridge-based Exaptive wants to create an app store for data …
A six-person Cambridge startup called Exaptive is working on it, creating a collection of visualization "building blocks" that can be assembled in ... «Boston.com, Dec 13»
9
Q & A: Evolution Makes Do
Gould argued very much in favor that [exaptive traits are] very frequent. And he was attacked from all sides because the common wisdom was ... «Scientist, Jul 13»
10
Science News Roundup: An Alien World with Two Suns, An Ancient …
The 6 foot long, large-toothed fish apparently has fins that are more like limbs…such traits are exaptive, or preparatory for adaptation, and ... «PlanetSave.com, Sep 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Exaptive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/exaptive>. May 2024 ».
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