Inducive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inducive is an adjective meaning (linguistics) A case indicating the patient who undergoes the tangible effect, impact, or change of state of an act/event initiated/caused by that self-same party. Examples: The boys run in the playground, We talked for hours, The couple eats dinner.
Meaning
(linguistics) A case indicating the patient who undergoes the tangible effect, impact, or change of state of an act/event initiated/caused by that self-same party. Examples: The boys run in the playground, We talked for hours, The couple eats dinner.
More Meanings
- (rare) Tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.
Example Sentences
The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below.
Synonyms for inducive
Depending on context, synonyms include causative, inductive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include causative, inductive, inductional, inductric, coinductive, inductivistic.
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