Definition of Equative

1. Adjective. (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative. ¹

2. Noun. (grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of ''happy'' is ''as happy as''. ¹

3. Noun. (grammar) A word in the equative form. ¹

4. Noun. (grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic, Finnish and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include ''he was the same age as her'' and ''he looks like him''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equative

equant
equants
equatability
equatable
equate
equated
equates
equating
equation
equation division
equational
equationally
equationlike
equations
equations of motion
equative
equatives
equator
equator bulbi oculi
equator lentis
equator of eyeball
equator of lens
equatorial
equatorial cleavage
equatorial current
equatorial division
equatorial guinea
equatorial plane
equatorial plate
equatorial staphyloma

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