English Explanatory Dictionary

expective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. expectative
  2. A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.

Word forms

expective more expective most expective

Etymology

From expect + -ive.

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