-ITIVE

Meaning of -ITIVE in English

■ suffix (forming adjectives) equivalent to -ative (as in positive ).

Origin

from Fr. -itif , ~ or L. -itivus (from past participial stems ending in -it ).

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ITIVE — -itive suffixo adjective [used with verbs in -er and -ir ] -itive (1. tending to ...; 2. having the function …
Interlingua English vocab
-ITIVE — a suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin: definitive; fugitive. [ -itivus or -itivus; see -ITE 2 , -IVE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ITIVE — -itive stress-imposing BrE AmE ət ɪv ɪt- AmE ət̬ ɪv ▷ — competitive kəm ˈpet ət ɪv -ɪt- AmE -ˈpet̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-ITIVE — suffix forming adjectives, = -ATIVE (positive; transitive). [from or after F -itif -itive or L -itivus f. participial stems in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STICK-AT-ITIVE — stiˈkad.ə̇d.iv adjective Etymology: from the phrase stick at it + -ive : stick-to-itive • stick-at-itive·ness noun -es
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRANS — I. adjective Date: 1892 characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRIM — I. transitive verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1706 to give a ~ or demure expression to , to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INTRANS — abbreviation ~itive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STICK-AT-ITIVENESS — noun see stick-at-itive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO-AHEADATIVENESS — noun or go-ahead·itive·ness ˌgōəˈhedə̇d.ivnə̇s ( -es ) Etymology: go-ahead + -ative or -itive + -ness : progressiveness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COGNOSCITIVE — -səd.iv adjective Etymology: Latin cognoscere to know + English -itive : having the power of knowing cognoscitive abilities
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIMITIVE — — primitively , adv. — primitiveness, primitivity , n. /prim"i tiv/ , adj. 1. being the first or earliest of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-IVE — a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; destructive; detective; passive; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPOSITIVE — /di spoz"i tiv/ , adj. involving or affecting disposition or settlement: a dispositive clue in a case of embezzlement. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COGNOSCITIVE — — cognoscitively , adv. /kog nos"i tiv/ , adj. having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers. [ 1630-40; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NUTRACEUTICAL — also nu·tri·ceu·ti·cal ˌnü-trə-ˈsü-ti-kəl Etymology: nutr itive + 2 pharm aceutical Date: 1990 : a foodstuff (as a fortified food or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ITIVE — suffix forming adjectives, = -ATIVE (positive; transitive). [ from or after F -itif -itive or L -itivus f. participial stems …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
IV — [adjective] [not gradable] - abbreviation for intravenousIV drug users -ive, -ative, -itive, -tive [suffix] - added to verbs to form …
Cambridge English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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