stative
IPA: stʌtɪv
noun
- (grammar) A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.
adjective
- (grammar) Asserting that a subject has a particular property.
- (military, obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
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Examples of "stative" in Sentences
- Direct stative exclusive positive.
- It is a special kind of stative verb.
- This is the opposite of a stative verb.
- They can be both stative and non stative verbs.
- Adjective in Khmer are in actuality stative verbs.
- Stative verbs can only appear with the stative aspect.
- Tire verbs are ntis classified as having non stative senses.
- But how can one learn that these verbs differ in that look is an active verb and see is stative
- STATIVE ADJECTIVES One property belonging more to adjectives themselves than to their associated nouns is an active stative distinction similar to that found in verbs.
- This favorable tradeoff between recall values presents an advantage for applications that weigh the identification of stative clauses more heavily than that of event clauses.
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