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Meaning of "stative" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STATIVE

From New Latin stativus, from Latin stāre to stand.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STATIVE

stative  [ˈsteɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stative can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stative verb

A stative verb is one that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb which describes an action. The difference can be categorized by saying that stative verbs are static or unchanging throughout their entire duration, whereas dynamic verbs describe a process that changes over time. Many languages distinguish between these two types in terms of how they can be used grammatically.

Definition of stative in the English dictionary

The definition of stative in the dictionary is a stative verb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STATIVE


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STATIVE

stationery
stationery cupboard
Stationery Office
stationmaster
Stations of the Cross
statism
statist
statistic
statistical
statistical dependence
statistical inference
statistical mechanics
Statistical Office of the European Communities
statistical tables
statistically
statistician
statistics
Statius
statoblast
statocyst

WORDS THAT END LIKE STATIVE

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 stative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

表示状态
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

stative
570 millions of speakers

English

stative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خبري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нераз-
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থাবর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Statif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

状態を表す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нераз-
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Stative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

statiewe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strippar Dynamik-
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STATIVE»

The term «stative» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.348 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STATIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STATIVE»

Discover the use of stative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Structure of Stative Verbs
Eventivity arises if one of these is present. A minimalist view on argument realization and event structure completes the book: Theta features on the arguments are checked against the aspectual heads within the verb phrase.
Antonia Rothmayr, 2009
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Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture ...
17.1 Definition and basic meaning The stative is a verb form used to express a state of being in which its subject is, was, or will be. Originally, the stative expressed the perfect tense: that is, completed action (§ 13.3.2). By Middle Egyptian ...
James P. Allen, 2010
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Tense and Aspect in Modern Colloquial Japanese
Example sentences are taken from Lakoff (1966). 4. It does not follow, however, that the Japanese counterparts of English stative verbs are stative. For example, Kuno (1973), p. 140. correctly states that English know is stative, but its supposed  ...
Matsuo Soga, 1983
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Oneida-English/English Oneida Dictionary
Karin Michelson, Mercy Doxtator. Generally stative verbs are intransitive — they describe a situation where there is only one participant — although there are a few stative verbs that are transitive and have two participants. Stative verbs that are ...
Karin Michelson, Mercy Doxtator, 2002
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Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features, ...
The occurrence of nominal, adjectival, locative, and derived stative predicates directly after a subject with no intervening copular proverb or copula-derived aspect marker in BE has no superstrate motivation. In the BE substrate languages, ...
Nathaniel Norment, 2005
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Relational Typology
There is no difference between 'agents performing an action (dynamic predicate)' and 'agents in the state of performing an action (stative predicate)'. In both cases we are dealing with the same agent and the same relationship between the ...
Frans Plank, 1985
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Register Variation in Indian English
registers, except for Sports Reportage, do have a higher proportion of stative progressives than do the written registers. The lack of stative progressives in Sports Reportage can, however, not be commented on, given the paucity of data in this ...
Chandrika Balasubramanian, 2009
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The Grammar of Inalienability: A Typological Perspective on ...
Introduction When describing physical and emotional feelings, the languages of the Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area commonly use a distinctive construction.1 This construction consists of a stative/adjectival verb which occurs in close ...
Hilary Chappell, William McGregory, 1996
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Koasati Grammar
Stative verbs cross-reference their syntactic subjects with the prefixes that usually mark either the direct object or benefactive object (dative) of a transitive verb. Stative verbs exist as a class in all Muskogean languages; however, linguistic ...
Bel Abbey, 1991
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Markedness and Language Change: The Romani Sample
ant generalisation over the patterns is that an ablative form of the directive adverb implies an ablative form of the stative adverb (of the same localisation), but not vice versa. In diachronic terms this means that ablative extension in adverbs ...
Viktor Elšik, Yaron Matras, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ih, malo je nedostajalo: Brežančić pogodio unutrašnji deo stative
Rajko Brežančić je izveo udarac iz ugla, lopta je prešla golmana ali se zaustavila na unutrašnjoj strani stative. Šteta iz više razloga! Podsetimo, Čuka ima ... «Mozzart Sport, Jul 15»
2
'Owning' Hillary's fashion sense
Accordingly, stative verbs normally are not used with the progressive tense. But Givhan uses “owning” as a dynamic verb, referring to actions some actor takes ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
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Zvezda u poslednjih godinu dana dovela 17 fudbalera: Umesto …
Fudbalski rečeno, novajlije su "obećavali golove, a pogađali stative". Možda se samo u nekoliko utakmica nekom optimumu da "pravi razliku" približio ... «Вечерње Новости, Jun 15»
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Sirui bringt neue Stative: Dreibein, Einbein, Neigekopf
Jeder, der Stative in rauen Umgebungen einsetzt, weiß, dass Salzwasser, Staub und Schmutz die größten Feinde der mechanischen Feststellvorrichtungen ... «MacTechNews.de, Jun 15»
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Die Produkthighlights der Woche – Neue Stative, Freizeit …
Wenn ich abergläubisch wäre, könnte ich auf den Gedanken kommen, ich hätte es mit meiner Einleitung letzte Woche selbst heraufbeschworen: Das ominöse ... «MacTechNews.de, Jun 15»
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Kaufberatung Stative
Stative sind aus unserer Sicht in der Fotografie und auch beim Videodreh ein wichtiges, wenn nicht das wichtigste Zubehör. Dementsprechend sollte jeder auch ... «Prophoto GmbH, Jun 15»
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Golman pio vodu pored stative pa gledao kako prima gol
Golman pio vodu pored stative pa gledao kako prima gol. Golman pio vodu pored stative pa gledao kako prima gol Izvor: youtube/screenshot. Autor teksta: ... «N1 Info, May 15»
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Golman pio vodu kraj stative dok je protivnik zabijao za 1-1
Chongqing Lifan gostovao je kod Liaoning Whowina u kineskoj ligi i poveo u 36. minuti golom Liu Yua. Čvrsto su gosti držali vodstvo i bili blizu pobjede, no u ... «24sata, May 15»
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Manfrotto: Fluid Video Einbein-Stative - Standfest und flexibel
Das unterste Beinsegment der Stative ist mit einem innovativen, patentierten Fluid-Sockel ausgestattet, der besonders flüssige Schwenkbewegungen erlaubt. «Prophoto GmbH, May 15»
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Barcelona dva boda do naslova: Stative i stručnjak za Ronalda …
U UTAKMICI odluke Real Madrid izvukao je 2:2 protiv Valencije i ostao četiri boda ispod Barcelone, dva kola do kraja prvenstva. Katalonci su nešto ranije ... «Index.hr, May 15»

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