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PRONUNCIATION OF INTENSATIVE

intensative  [ɪnˈtensətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTENSATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intensative 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 INTENSATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intensative in the English dictionary

The definition of intensative in the dictionary is an intensifier, being a word that has little semantic content of its own but that serves to intensify the meaning of the word or phrase that it modifies.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTENSATIVE


administrative
ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv
adversative
ədˈvɜːsətɪv
alternative
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv
compulsative
kəmˈpʌlsətɪv
conversative
kənˈvɜːsətɪv
cooperative
kəʊˈɒpərətɪv
decorative
ˈdɛkərətɪv
defensative
dɪˈfensətɪv
dispensative
dɪsˈpensətɪv
fixative
ˈfɪksətɪv
incrassative
ɪnˈkræsətɪv
initiative
ɪˈnɪʃɪətɪv
intensitive
ɪnˈtɛnsətɪv
laxative
ˈlæksətɪv
negative
ˈnɛɡətɪv
pulsative
ˈpʌlsətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
relaxative
rɪˈlæksətɪv
representative
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
taxative
ˈtæksətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTENSATIVE

intensate
intense
intensely
intenseness
intensification
intensified
intensifier
intensifies
intensify
intension
intensional
intensional object
intensionality
intensionally
intensities
intensitive
intensity
intensive
intensive care
intensive care unit

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTENSATIVE

active
comparative
conservative
creative
cumulative
derivative
illustrative
imperative
in the negative
indicative
informative
innovative
investigative
legislative
narrative
native
operative
qualitative
quantitative
sales representative
tentative

Synonyms and antonyms of intensative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intensative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTENSATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

intensative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intensative
570 millions of speakers

English

intensative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

intensative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

intensative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

intensative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intensative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

intensative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intensative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Intensif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

intensative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

intensative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

intensative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intensif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

intensative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

intensative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीव्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

intensative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intensative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intensative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

intensative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intensative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intensative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intensative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intensative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intensative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intensative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTENSATIVE»

The term «intensative» is used very little and occupies the 171.041 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTENSATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTENSATIVE»

Discover the use of intensative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intensative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete ...
Obtaining ; accomplishment. So that they loste the begets Of worshipe and of worldls pees. Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 36. BI. Bi- or be- is a very common prefix to verbs derived from the Anglo-Saxon, and has chiefly an intensative power, ...
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1872
2
Elements of Galic Grammar, in four parts, etc
The Form of the Adjective dePends on its Noun, when it immediately follows the Noun, or only with the intervention of an intensative Particle, " to, gle, &c." and when both the Noun and the Adjective are in the Subject, or both in the Predica'te , ...
Alexander STEWART (Minister of Dingwall.), 1801
3
Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a Dictionary of the Gaelic ...
The form of the Adjective depends on its Noun, when it imme_ diately follows the Noun, or only with the intervention of an intensative Particle, ' ro, glé', &c. and when both the Noun and the Adjective are in the Subject, or both in the Predicate,  ...
‎1828
4
The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf: The Travellers Song and ...
This eormen appears in composition like mœgen. regen. and beód. to be merely an intensative. That it derives its power from the name of some heathen god is probable; even in A. S. I think I have found traces of such a meaning; for instance,  ...
John Mitchell Kemble, 1835
5
The Argyleshire Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary
Se. Highland Societys Dictionary. l'. i. e. id ш. that is. ih. the same. Imp. lmpersonal. Interi. Intensative. I aller. or I nt. interjeetion. Intern interrogative. fr. for pure Irish-Irish for Irish Dialect.. „ш. Islands. Ir. Island of Islay, Argyle-shire. Isf. Icelandic.
Neil MacAlpine, 2010
6
Chinese Grammar Self-taught
TDl&llwJ*fi§ifftady hwa hao hai hao ; his words were only fairly good. jSflHififfJSiiF dje-go shu hao hat hao; this book is not very good. It is to be noted that jS. hai has an intensative sense when used with any word except fiF hao, good. iR ta bi ...
John Darroch, 1999
7
A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Impérative. infin. ... Infinitive. intens. - - • Intensative. inter. ... Interrogative. interj. ... Interjection. m. - - - - Masculine gender. n. .... Nominative case. Sco. Scotch. Shans. - - - Shanscrit. Stir. .... Stirian dialect of the Sclavonic. Swed. --- Swedish. Syr.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
8
A treatise on 'the first resurrection' and 'the thousand ...
... intensative, entirely or thoroughly, and xouiu, to burn,) and its use in classical authors would denote, namely, that of consuming or burning u}i, either at once, or , as it were, by a continuing consumption : of this, however, the reader will be ...
Henry Gipps, 1831
9
The Frontiersmen
The interpolation of the intensative syllable "ta" is, according to Adair, a "note of magnitude," and the title of their prophets, whose functions are blended as priests , conjurers, physicians, and councilors,—the cheera-taghe,—signifies "men of ...
Mary Noailles Murfree, 2012
10
Anglo-Saxonica: Bibliothèque Anglo-Saxonne
Blonca. 88. prymmum cwæhte ma2gen-wudu mundum; for ante turmam concussit potentia: lignum 'ma/n'itus; read, fortibus vibravit ingerw tignum manibus: mwgen (n), mls, potentia, is in composition an intensative. 88. Ic pæs ende-sæta.
Philippe François ¬de La Renaudière, Francisque Michel, 1837

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