stative (redirected from statives)

sta·tive  (sttv)

adj.

Belonging to or designating a class of verbs that express a state or condition.

n.

A verb of the stative class.

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[Latin statvus, stationary, from stre, stat-, to stand; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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stative [ˈsteɪtɪv] Grammar

adj

(Linguistics / Grammar) denoting a verb describing a state rather than an activity, act, or event, such as know and want as opposed to leave and throw Compare nonstative

n

(Linguistics / Grammar) a stative verb

[from New Latin stativus, from Latin stāre to stand]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

stative - ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) dynamic, active - (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

Translations

stative [ˈsteɪtɪv] ADJ (Gram) stative verb → verbo m de estado