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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPOSITIVE

expositive  [ɪksˈpɒzɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPOSITIVE

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPOSITIVE


acquisitive
əˈkwɪzɪtɪv
appositive
əˈpɒzɪtɪv
compositive
kəmˈpɒzɪtɪv
contrapositive
ˌkɒntrəˈpɒzɪtɪv
depositive
dɪˈpɒzɪtɪv
diapositive
ˌdaɪəˈpɒzɪtɪv
dispositive
dɪsˈpɒzɪtɪv
electropositive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈpɒzɪtɪv
HIV-positive
ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈpɒzɪtɪv
inquisitive
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv
oppositive
əˈpɒzɪtɪv
photopositive
ˌfəʊtəʊˈpɒzɪtɪv
positive
ˈpɒzɪtɪv
postpositive
pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv
prepositive
priːˈpɒzɪtɪv
Rh-positive
ˌɑːrˌeɪtʃˈpɒzɪtɪv
seropositive
ˌsɪərəʊˈpɔzɪtɪv
suppositive
səˈpɒzɪtɪv
transpositional
trænsˈpɒzɪtɪv
transpositive
trænsˈpɒzɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPOSITIVE

exposable
exposal
expose
expose oneself
exposed
exposedness
exposer
exposit
exposition
expositional
expositively
expositor
expositorily
expository
expositress
exposome
expostulate
expostulating
expostulatingly
expostulation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPOSITIVE

active
additive
aperitive
capacitive
case-sensitive
cognitive
competitive
definitive
false positive
fugitive
insensitive
intransitive
intuitive
nutritive
primitive
prohibitive
punitive
repetitive
sensitive
time-sensitive
transitive

Synonyms and antonyms of expositive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expositive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPOSITIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

expositive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expositiva
570 millions of speakers

English

expositive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expositive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expositive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Описательное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expositivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাখ্যামূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expositive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ekspositif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expositive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

説明的
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expositive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ekspositive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùng để cắt nghỉa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expositive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्सपोजिटिव्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expositive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

espositivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expositive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

описову
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expozitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αφηγηματικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verklarend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expositive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expositive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expositive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSITIVE»

The term «expositive» is normally little used and occupies the 126.011 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of expositive
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSITIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «expositive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «expositive» 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 expositive

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPOSITIVE»

Discover the use of expositive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expositive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery: An ...
This up-to-date third edition of the classic provides a clear exposition of all basic surgical procedures. This is includes: surgery of the digestive tract, breast, abdominal wall, selected head and neck, and endocrine system.
‎2001
2
Metadata and Semantic Research: Third International ...
0,988 cat_format = html ; difficulty = easy interactivity_type = expositive ARIADNE 33 0,322 cat_format = html ; interactivity_type = expositive difficulty = easy ARIADNE 16 0,797 difficulty = easy ; interactivity_type = expositive cat_format = html ...
Fabio Sartori, Nikos Manouselis, Miguel-Angel Sicilia, 2009
3
The Works
Expositive. Instructional. Art. 62. Of the sorts of things here in question, some there are, the need of which has place, in every Department and Sub-department , whatsoever be the nature of the business of it : others, the description of which will ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1843
4
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the ...
Four distinguishable sorts of matter may be seen pervading the whole texture of this extract : the inactive, the expositive, the ratio- emotive, and the instructional. Of these, the enactive, the expositive, and ratiocinative, have already been ...
Jeremy Bentham, 1838
5
Developing Auto-instructional Materials
These were based on different approaches to programming, but both employed an expositive strategy. We identified the three principal component parts of an instructional sequence which follows an expositive strategy, namely demonstration ...
Romiszowski, A.J., Romiszowski a J, 2013
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Works
Expositive. Art. 14. VII. Interior and exterior — to one or other of these denominations, or both together, will be found referrible every occurrence, which, to an eye placed in any office belonging to any department of the Official Establishment, ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1843
7
Works of Jeremy Bentham
Four distinguishable sorts of matter may be seen pervading the whole texture of this extract: the inactive, the expositive, the ratiocinative, and the inrtructional. Of these, the enactive, the expositive, and ratiocinative, have already been ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1838
8
Irony and Humor: From pragmatics to discourse
Text: an expositive—argumentative sequence After dealing with the register features which affect narrative strategies in Buenafuente's monologues, the analysis will now focus on the most frequent type of text in these discourses. Generally ...
Leonor Ruiz Gurillo, M. Belén Alvarado Ortega, 2013
9
Terms in Context
The last example is interesting because sentence 1 becomes a simple formal defining expositive if we substitute is for the semi-colon ': '. The following sentence is in round brackets and contains alternative terms for network protocol address ...
Jennifer Pearson, 1998
10
Riddles, Knights, and Cross-dressing Saints: Essays on ...
He distinguishes between e.g. evaluative expositive acts, which indicate the speaker's or writer's assessment of propositional material (i.e. the assessment of validity and other judgemental reactions, e.g. surprisingly), commissive expositive ...
Thomas Honegger, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPOSITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expositive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Vital Energi to develop new energy centre for Royal Arsenal Riverside
It has been fantastic to witness the transformation Berkley Homes have brought to this development and the expositive effect it has had on the ... «Modern Building Services, Jul 15»
2
Spring Show Expands Campus Discussion
It is not an easy play, but when facing issues as complex and relevant as mental illness, anxiety and adolescent sexuality, the brash, expositive ... «Middlebury Campus, May 15»
3
Grand Opening of the Whitney Museum
Perhaps this reason suffices to extend, to triple, Whitney's expositive space, and transform the house of the artists in the “house of the curators” ... «NY Arts Magazine, May 15»
4
Real Housewives of Melbourne, episode three recap: 'I heard you f …
Last week's episode of Real Housewives ended with an expositive scene in which Chyka and Janet very sweetly put it to Gamble that she's a ... «NEWS.com.au, Mar 15»
5
Spoiler Alert! Recap and Review: AMERICAN HORROR STORY …
11:24pm: This episode was much more of an expositive placeholder than any of the previous three hours, but it set up a lot of interesting ... «Broadway World, Oct 14»
6
'Becoming Bulletproof' is delightful and packs a powerful metaphor
The not too complicated answer is we are still in expositive discovery; he is waking, explaining his routine and how it connects to the story. «Examiner.com, Oct 14»
7
Tusk Movie Review (2014 Fantastic Fest)
But if you're not at that extreme level in terms of complete bad-shittedness, then unrelatable characters, clunky expositive dialogue and flimsy ... «HorrorMovies.ca, Sep 14»
8
Deliver Us From Evil (2014) review
While I admire this dedication to not running like a rabbit to tell a story like this, I also would have prefered a lot more trimming on the expositive ... «HorrorMovies.ca, Jul 14»
9
Looking back at The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen film
With the concept of the League established writers would be freed of a lot of expositive burden. Casts of characters could be chosen with an ... «Den Of Geek, Mar 14»
10
Lost in space: The horrifying world of Stasis
But where Isaac has a good chunk of Dead Space's schlocky story unashamedly spelled out for him in heavily expositive cutscenes, Stasis ... «Red Bull, Feb 14»

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