continuative
Meaning of continuative
adjective
(of a word or phrase) having the function of moving a discourse or conversation forward.
noun
a continuative word or phrase (e.g. yes, well, as I was saying ).
mid 16th century (as a noun denoting something which brings about continuity): from late Latin continuativus, from continuat- ‘continued’, from the verb continuare (see continue).
Information about continuative
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Hyphenation of continuative
con-tin-u-a-tive
- It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
- continuative is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
continuative synonyms
Meaning conjunction:
conjunction, conjunctive, connective
Words that rhyme with continuative
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