ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exoactive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Exoactive is an adjective meaning (grammar) Being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.

Meaning

(grammar) Being or relating to a kind of verb whose action is directed outward from the subject.

Example Sentences

'Endoactive' is similar to the 'middle voice' in some IE languages: the action was conceived as operating in or on the subject; in the exoactive, the verbal action was directed outward from the subject (R.L. Palmer, The Latin Language, 1987: 262).

Antonyms for exoactive

Common opposites include endoactive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include endoactive, outward, exodic, extravertive, exopassive, extroversive.

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