English Explanatory Dictionary

applicative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having practical application; applicable.
  2. Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
  3. Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
  1. A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.

Pronunciation

/əˈplɪkətɪv/

Word forms

applicative more applicative most applicative applicatives

Etymology

From applicate + -ive.

Derived words

applicatively
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