Associations to the word «Illative»
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Wiktionary
ILLATIVE, adjective. Of, or relating to an illation
ILLATIVE, adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something
ILLATIVE, noun. (grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as therefore)
ILLATIVE, noun. An illation
ILLATIVE, noun. (grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case
ILLATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) A case used to indicate movement into something; for example, into the house. Some languages that make use of the illative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Quechua.
ILLATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of illative case
Dictionary definition
ILLATIVE, adjective. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind".
ILLATIVE, adjective. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning".
ILLATIVE, adjective. Expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.