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Meaning of "hortative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HORTATIVE

hortative  [ˈhɔːtətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORTATIVE

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

WHAT DOES HORTATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hortative

The hortative is a group of semantically similar deontic modalities in some languages. Hortative modalities encourage or urge. In English, there are seven hortative modalities: the adhortative, exhortative, suprahortative, cohortative, dehortative, inhortative, and infrahortative. They differ by intensity, attitude and in the case of the cohortative, person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORTATIVE


assortative
əˈsɔːtətɪv
cohortative
kəʊˈhɔːtətɪv
commutative
kəˈmjuːtətɪv
computative
kəmˈpjuːtətɪv
confutative
kənˈfjuːtətɪv
dehortative
dɪˈhɔːtətɪv
disputative
dɪˈspjuːtətɪv
exhortative
ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv
imputative
ɪmˈpjuːtətɪv
mutative
ˈmjuːtətɪv
noncommutative
ˌnɒnkəˈmjuːtətɪv
portative
ˈpɔːtətɪv
putative
ˈpjuːtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
reputative
rɪˈpjuːtətɪv
sternutative
stɜːˈnjuːtətɪv
tentative
ˈtɛntətɪv
transmutative
trænzˈmjuːtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORTATIVE

horsewhipped
horsewhipping
horsewoman
horsey
horsier
horsiest
horsily
horsiness
horst
horsy
Horta
hortatory
Hortense
Horthy
horticultural
horticulturalist
horticulturally
horticulture
horticulturist
hortus siccus

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORTATIVE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of hortative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hortative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORTATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

路面激励
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hortative
570 millions of speakers

English

hortative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपदेश देनेवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hortative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hortative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enunciativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপদেশমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

il revêt
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hortatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anspornend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

勧告的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hortative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hortative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có ý khuyến khích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hortative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्परिवर्तनशील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gayretlendirici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hortative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hortative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hortative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραινετικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hortatiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hortative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hortative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hortative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORTATIVE»

The term «hortative» is used very little and occupies the 153.436 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORTATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORTATIVE»

Discover the use of hortative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hortative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Language Typology and Language Universals: An International ...
Normally, they are immediately preceded by some extra-speech stimuli or an interrogative sentence (uttered by someone intending to be the performer of the prescribed action in the hortative act to follow) with a request for permission or ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
2
African Language Structures
The latter combination is also the commonest or only circumstance under which second person hortatives are used; in isolation, there is usually an imperative in place of the hortative, at least in the singular, which commonly has no subject ...
William Everett Welmers, 1974
3
A Reference Grammar of Japanese
These -(y)o mai forms are now largely limited to use as the negative hortative: iko mai 'let's not go', okiyo mai 'let's not get up'. But aro mai can only be an older way to say arahen yaro (or nai yaro) = na'i daroo 'probably does not exist'; and iro ...
Samuel Elmo Martin, 2004
4
Mood in the Languages of Europe
Nothing comparable to the Latvian debitive exists in Lithuanian, but as a fifth mood older Lithuanian grammars sometimes mention the so-called permissive, a 3rd person hortative form as in te-būn-ie 'let him/her/them be; be it so' (in addition to ...
Björn Rothstein, Rolf Thieroff, 2010
5
Haspelmath, Martin; König, Ekkehard; Oesterreicher, Wulf; ...
Hortative sentences with permissive interpretation have their own distinctive features. Normally, they are immediately preceded by some extra-speech stimuli or an interrogative sentence (uttered by someone intending to be the performer of  ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
6
Tagalog Reference Grammar
A HORTATIVE CONSTRUCTION expresses the speaker's wish that he and the person(s) addressed perform some action. Hortative constructions are equivalent to English constructions introduced by 'let's: e.g., 'Let's eat.' Tagalog has two ...
Paul Schachter, Fe T. Otanes, 1983
7
Balkan Syntax and Semantics
These are referred to with many different labels in the literature, depending on the person(s) v a~ associated with them and the author's preference: “imperative” , “hortative , jussive”, “adhortative”, to name just the most important ones. We will  ...
Olga Mi_eska Tomi?, 2004
8
A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)
3 Hortative of ShImpf with suffix ( ")-et The Hortative suffix can be added to inflected Shimpf stems to form the (short) hortative positive. The suffix is C)-et, extended as C)-het after a full vowel. It is the only suffix beginning with a full V. Insertion of ...
Jeffrey Heath, 2005
9
A Grammar of Kisi: A Southern Atlantic Language
A further indication of the close relationship between the Imperative and the Hortative, at least in the second person singular, can be seen in the Hortative paradigm for the Irregular verb 'see' in (24). (24) Affirmative Negative 1st sg i co' ndzi i ...
G. Tucker Childs, 1995
10
A Grammar of Cavineña
SG 1PL '(You) go first Kana! (You) take us (there).' hm105 6.2.2. Hortative inflections A verb inflected with hortative morphology has a first person subject (S /CS or A). Hortative morphology is sensitive to a singular vs. dual vs. plural distinction.
Antoine Guillaume, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORTATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hortative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
East African textile industry flourishes - status and future prospects
In this hortative textile-industries centered extravaganza which was held from 10 to 12 November in Hotel Intercontinental Nairobi, more than ... «Caperi, Jul 15»
2
Film Review: 'I Used to Live Here'
As such, when they both - independently - begin to consider the most horrifying last resort, it feels genuinely earned rather than oppressive or hortative. «CineVue, Mar 15»
3
Cement circle not public monument honoring tubers
Foes of the sculpture might be inspired by Action Line's horticultural hortative. But not Rod. The last thing he needs is another invasive species ... «The Durango Herald, Aug 14»
4
Book review: 'The Seasons' by Nick Groom
His stated aim is hortative: in the face of climate change, local homogenisation and galloping species loss, he wants culture to be “enlisted in ... «Financial Times, Dec 13»
5
Laura Knight Presents, National Portrait Gallery - exhibition review
Her wartime portraits of lasses and blokes doing their bit range from risible to earnest with a hint of the hortative poster and Communist Realism ... «Evening Standard, Aug 13»
6
The decade that art forgot (from Naked Emperors by Brian Sewell)
This is the art at once of an Orwell world, preaching, hortative, domineering, and the art of the silly and frivolous, the art of those who, like ... «Evening Standard, Sep 12»
7
Faiz — poet of all ages
He harked back to Ghalib with his great love poems while linking himself with Iqbal with his hortative address to the common man. He was the ... «The Express Tribune, Feb 11»
8
Funny Old Woman Has Cute Opinions About "Jersey Shore"
"It's important to remember that 'Jersey Shore' is on MTV, a youth-oriented cable channel that has a hortative streak: series like 'Teen Mom' and ... «Neon Tommy, Aug 10»
9
Yes, They're Sleazy, but Not Originals
But it's important to remember that “Jersey Shore” is on MTV, a youth-oriented cable channel that has a hortative streak: series like “Teen Mom” ... «New York Times, Aug 10»
10
Obama Worship Goes Into Overdrive as 100-Day Mark Approaches
... fluent where Bush seemed tongue-tied, palliative rather than hortative. Bush would never admit a mistake, but Obama said the words plainly ... «NewsBusters, Apr 09»

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