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Meaning of "hesitative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HESITATIVE

hesitative  [ˈhɛzɪˌteɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HESITATIVE

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

WHAT DOES HESITATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hesitative in the English dictionary

The definition of hesitative in the dictionary is showing or characterized by hesitation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HESITATIVE


annotative
ˈænəˌteɪtɪv
comitative
ˈkɒmɪˌteɪtɪv
connotative
ˈkɒnəˌteɪtɪv
constative
kənˈsteɪtɪv
creative
kriːˈeɪtɪv
crepitative
ˈkrɛpɪˌteɪtɪv
dissertative
ˈdɪsəˌteɪtɪv
gravitative
ˈɡrævɪˌteɪtɪv
hebetative
ˈhɛbɪˌteɪtɪv
incogitative
ɪnˈkɒdʒɪˌteɪtɪv
innovative
ˈɪnəˌveɪtɪv
integrative
ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪtɪv
irritative
ˈɪrɪˌteɪtɪv
native
ˈneɪtɪv
necessitative
nɪˈsɛsɪˌteɪtɪv
nonstative
nɒnˈsteɪtɪv
resuscitative
rɪˈsʌsɪteɪtɪv
stative
ˈsteɪtɪv
sustentative
ˈsʌstɛnˌteɪtɪv
voluntative
ˈvɒlənˌteɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HESITATIVE

hesitance
hesitancy
hesitant
hesitantly
hesitate
hesitater
hesitatingly
hesitation
hesitator
hesitatory
Hesperia
Hesperian
Hesperidean
Hesperides
Hesperidian
hesperidin
hesperidium

WORDS THAT END LIKE HESITATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
legislative
narrative
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of hesitative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hesitative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HESITATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

hesitative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hesitative
570 millions of speakers

English

hesitative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hesitative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hesitative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hesitative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hesitative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংশয়াপন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hesitative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ragu-ragu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hesitative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hesitative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hesitative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hesitative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hesitative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தயங்குகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिश्चित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hesitative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hesitative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hesitative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hesitative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hesitative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hesitative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weifelend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hesitative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hesitative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HESITATIVE»

The term «hesitative» is used very little and occupies the 186.524 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HESITATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HESITATIVE»

Discover the use of hesitative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hesitative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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All the Year Round
And when they have accomplished these preliminary vocal gymnastics, they are condemned to get on next to “Pauses 0f Reflection, and to Pauses of Confusion, filled u with Hesitative Pantings.” I pledge my wor of honour to the correctness of  ...
Charles Dickens, 1859
2
Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook
Examples are provided below. (21) ume tomt-I kate-me achai-m-ta-ka o mala-m- ta-ka... DEM-PLborn-ADJVZ walk.PL-NMLZ father-PL-ACC-SUB or mother-PL- ACC-SUB 'those youngsters of today, their fathers or mothers...' 5 A hesitative, ...
Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, 2009
3
Cellular Automata: 9th International Conference on Cellular ...
Moreover, the crossing denotes that flux becomes larger (smaller) by achieving zipper merging with the hesitative interactions as long as s is small (large). Note that G < 1 in the case of q = r = 0.75 suggests that the length of the line is not ...
Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni, Hiroshi Umeo, 2010
4
Proceedings of the VIIth GSCP International Conference. ...
Merlo (2012) has recently demonstrated that hesitation and hesitative pauses help maintain fluency during narrative and descriptive instances. Pause can also be a signal of a difficult in production, as in the case of dysarthria. Besides have ...
Heliana Mello, Massimo Pettorino, Tommaso Raso, 2012
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University of Hawaii Working Papers in ESL
These figures indicate that approximately 56% of the hesitative devices employed by these speakers were vocal hesitators, i.e., non-silent devices, while silent pauses accounted for approximately 44% of the total of hesitative devices. Among ...
‎1989
6
A World of Language for Deaf Children: Basic principles; a ...
(3) Hesitative pauses, which are extralinguistic (Roose 1960), e.g. The/sister is not coming tomorrow. I conclude this distinction from several studies. Boomer et al. (1962) found that hesitative pauses were significantly more overlooked by the  ...
Ant. M. J. van Uden, 1977
7
Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses
This is further indicated in the hesitative repetition ('than-than') that suggests searching for an appropriate language choice by which to refer to the males. The language choice 'lads' is an interesting one since it is a choice which has been ...
Jayne Caudwell, 2013
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
The device is used to minimize a user's involuntary hesitative or repetitive speech . (b) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to ...
‎2005
9
Spirit of peers and people: A national tragi-comedy
Love of power, in some shape or other, is natural to all. Then mark the unity, concentration, and decision of the Blocks, compared with the hesitative demurs and half-measures, the paltering between the three-quarters and the whole of a thing, ...
Richard Henry Horne, 1834
10
Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver: Over 100,000 Potential ...
... HERESIARCH HERETOFORE HERMITAGES HERMOSILLO HEROICALLY HEROPHILUS HESITANTLY HESITATING HESITATION HESITATIVE HESPERIDES HESPERIDIN HETERODONT HETERODOXY HETERODYNE HETEROGAMY ...
Anne Stibbs, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HESITATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hesitative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Turkey fears influx of 2-3 million more Syrian refugees
Cavusoglu added that the U.S. is hesitative to carry out a military operation in Syria. Cavusoglu said "Without having a comprehensive policy, ... «www.worldbulletin.net, Nov 14»
2
Anne Hathaway Refuses to Shake Journalist's Hand Because She's …
... McConaughey and Chastain were “great in the interviews,” and all shook his hand without as much as making one single hesitative gesture. «Softpedia, Oct 14»
3
Adults Only teaser: Q&A with Nick Mulgrew
... although most of the dominant cultures in our country are hesitative to speak about it. Our unwillingness to speak frankly about homophobia ... «Books LIVE, Jul 14»
4
Wilmington High Sub-Varsity Sports Round-Up
“Some girls are very hesitative when you try and get them to steal that extra base, but by the end of the season they knew to be aggressive and ... «Woburn Daily Times, Jun 14»
5
In case you've forgotten, an English team are in a Champions …
So there may be some hesitative tackling in the middle of the field which Atletico may look to take advantage of. The match referee tonight will ... «GQ.com, Apr 14»
6
On April 5, Salvant performs at West Hartford Town Hall, as part of …
... herself, a modal-jazz story with semi-autobiographical undertones: "WomanChild staggers, a hesitative step / How can they expect a girl to ... «Hartford Courant, Mar 14»
7
Hold L&T Finance for long term, says Tulsian
I won't be hesitative in saying that one should not be hesitant in exiting or making the profit booking in three digit whenever the stock reaches to ... «Moneycontrol.com, Feb 13»
8
NBA Season Preview: All-Central Division Team
After a hesitative rookie season, Monroe really stepped up last year, averaging 15.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. His defense and ability ... «Sportige, Oct 12»
9
Gallery directors reflect on The Armory Show: Are we post-recession?
... did not have the feeling that people considered it being over, so there was also a hesitative mood that you could feel. We definitely had sales, ... «MutualArt.com, Mar 11»
10
Kathanayakudu Movie Review - Jagapatibabu excelled in a low …
Balu's children start pestering him to take them to Ashokkumar, but Balu is quite hesitative as he is not sure whether Ashokkumar could identify him. «IndiaGlitz, Aug 08»

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