English Explanatory Dictionary

agentive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
  2. Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.
noun
  1. A word having an agentive construction.

Pronunciation

/əˈd͡ʒɛntɪv/ /ˈeɪd͡ʒəntɪv/

Word forms

agentive agentives

Etymology

From agent + -ive.

Related words

patientive

Derived words

agentively agentive nominalisation agentive nominalization agentivity nonagentive
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