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Meaning of "exclamative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCLAMATIVE

exclamative  [ɪksˈklæmətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCLAMATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exclamative is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES EXCLAMATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of exclamative in the English dictionary

The definition of exclamative in the dictionary is a word or sentence that denotes an exclamation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCLAMATIVE


affirmative
əˈfɜːmətɪv
amalgamative
əˈmælɡəmətɪv
amative
ˈæmətɪv
calmative
ˈkælmətɪv
confirmative
kənˈfɜːmətɪv
consummative
kənˈsʌmətɪv
deformative
dɪˈfɔːmətɪv
desquamative
dɪˈskwæmətɪv
estimative
ˈestɪmətɪv
formative
ˈfɔːmətɪv
gemmative
ˈdʒɛmətɪv
informative
ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv
nonnormative
ˌnɒnˈnɔːmətɪv
normative
ˈnɔːmətɪv
performative
pəˈfɔːmətɪv
preformative
priːˈfɔːmətɪv
reformative
rɪˈfɔːmətɪv
summative
ˈsʌmətɪv
transformative
trænsˈfɔːmətɪv
uninformative
ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCLAMATIVE

excl.
exclaim
exclaimer
exclamation
exclamation mark
exclamation point
exclamational
exclamatorily
exclamatory
exclaustration
exclave
exclosure
excludability
excludable
exclude
excluded middle
excludee
excluder
excludible
excluding

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCLAMATIVE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of exclamative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «exclamative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCLAMATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

exclamative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exclamativa
570 millions of speakers

English

exclamative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

exclamative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

exclamative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

exclamative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exclamativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

exclamative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exclamative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

exclamative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

exclamative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

exclamative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exclamative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

exclamative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

exclamative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्सुकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

exclamative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esclamazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

exclamative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

exclamative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exclamative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

exclamative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

exclamative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exclamative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exclamative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exclamative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCLAMATIVE»

The term «exclamative» is normally little used and occupies the 144.000 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCLAMATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «exclamative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «exclamative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCLAMATIVE»

Discover the use of exclamative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exclamative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Exclamative Sentences - a Basic Sentence Type?
Some grammarians regard exclamative sentences as an individual sentence type whereas others define exclamative sentences as a special case of one of the other three basic sentence types.
Phyllis Wiechert, 2007
2
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
§3.2 Exclamative what and how 169 3.2 Exclamative what and how What and how occur in either exclamative or open interrogative clauses, but with some differences in grammar and meaning. (a) What Exclamative what has the syntax of an ...
Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 2005
3
English Grammar: A University Course
TYPES. SUMMARY 1 Exclamative clauses open with a vvh- element what or how , followed by a NG or adjective/adverb, respectively. Like the declarative, they have Subject-Finite ordering. Exclamative what is a determinative (What a mess!}  ...
Angela Downing, Philip Locke, 2006
4
The Syntactic Phenomena of English
Exclamatives English has three main types of exclamative 7 sentence — the inverted excla- mative as in (1), the Wh-exclamative as in (2), and the so- exclamative as in (3): ( 1 ) a. God, was I hungry! b. Have things ever been happening! (2) a.
James D. McCawley, 1998
5
Worlds Behind Words: Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. F.G. ...
ASPECTS OF THE SEMANTICS OF SOME TYPES OF EXCLAMATIVE SENTENCES Steven Geukens Introduction Sentences like (1)-(6) are traditionally categorised as being of the exclamative sentence type. (1) a. And oh my God, wasn't she ...
F. J. Heyvaert, F. Steurs, 1989
6
Coreference, Modality, and Focus: Studies on the ...
Reconstruction and scope in exclamative sentences* Raquel Gonzalez Rodriguez Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha This paper proposes that the constraints on the presence of negation in exclamative sentences follow from scope relations ...
Luis Eguren, Olga Fernández Soriano, 2007
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Haspelmath, Martin; König, Ekkehard; Oesterreicher, Wulf; ...
Mind, 58: 21—39. 79. Exclamative constructions Introduction The conceptual basis of the exclamative category 3. The exclamative sentence type 4. The cross- linguistic expression of exclamative meaning 5. Conclusion 6. References [\Jr—l 1.
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
8
English Syntax
First, they have an introductory "exclamative phrase" beginning with how or what. Second, they contain corresponding missing phrases. These two properties they share with questions, both direct and indirect. Third, all of these exclama- tives ...
Carl Lee Baker, 1995
9
Language Typology and Language Universals: An International ...
Exclamative constructions 1. Introduction 2. The conceptual basis of the exclamative category 3. The exclamative sentence type 4. The cross-linguistic expression of exclamative meaning 5. Conclusion 6. References 1. Introduction ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
10
Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction ...
There are at least three different exclamative constructions in German: (i) excla- matives that are introduced by an independent daß clause (22), (ii) exclamatives that involve a question word (23), and (iii) exclamatives that are realized by a V- ...
Marjolyn Verspoor, Ki-dong Yi, Eve Sweetser, 1997

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCLAMATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exclamative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Geordie Shore Dictionary
An exclamative with a range of meanings but mostly used to mean 'come on' and often accompanied with 'man' or 'marra' to mean mate. «OK! Magazine, Apr 15»
2
Talking like a boss
He uses the exclamative “Aye” as an attention getter in much the same way other languages prefer “Hey” and “Hello”. He uses “look” as an ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Feb 15»
3
The 25 Best Singles of 2014
"Hey Now" is lyrically simple and repetitive, but Reid imbues the exclamative "Hey now" with a compass of emotional resonance as wide as her ... «slantmagazine, Dec 14»
4
Super Saturday Charity Shopping Event
Kelly Ripa declared this Super Saturday's success with an excited tweet (and an ambiguous exclamative): “Whoop!… Everything is sold out! «New York Observer, Aug 11»
5
In mournful number
... subordinate/dependent); four types of sentences depending on the manner of conveying the message (declarative, exclamative, interrogative ... «Malaysia Star, Feb 11»
6
Issa Tchiroma Bakary : Je n'ai pas de rancune
Lorsque je suis présenté au colonel Enanga, président du tribunal militaire, il eu cette réaction exclamative : " Pourquoi vous m'amenez ce ... «Cameroon-info.net, Apr 09»
7
Jazz Warriors: Afropeans
Rising brass stirs up the finale and there is an exclamative finishing note from all, which proves in fact to be a false ending, as Wilson's piano ... «All About Jazz, Sep 08»

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