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resultative

resultative

English

Adjective

resultative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".

Translations

Noun

resultative (plural resultatives)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.