elative

Meanings

• grammatical term

  A term used in linguistics to refer to a form of a word that expresses a relationship between two other words in a sentence.

  - "The elative form of the adjective 'big' is 'bigger' when comparing two things."
  - "In the sentence 'John is older than Mary', 'older' is the elative form of the adjective 'old'."

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Variants

List of all variants of elative that leads to same result
illative , illatives , illatively

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'relativus', meaning 'pertaining to relations'.

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Trivia

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1. Elative forms are commonly used in comparative and superlative constructions.

2. The elative form of an adjective can often be identified by the presence of '-er' or '-est' suffixes.

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Related Concepts

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1. comparative form: A form of an adjective that expresses a greater or lesser degree of a quality compared to another.

2. superlative form: A form of an adjective that expresses the greatest degree of a quality among all.

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Culture

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Elative is not known to have any significant cultural, historical, or symbolic significance.

How to Memorize "elative"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a relationship between two words, where one expresses a greater or lesser degree of a quality compared to the other.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the elative form of an adjective with the idea of comparison.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Elative is for comparing, bigger or smaller, between two or more'

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