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commissive en · ADJ

Meanings

1. By commission; resulting from a positive act.
   • This error was commissive rather than omissive.
2. Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
   • "I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more commissive	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most commissive	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

commissively · commissive mood

Translations (2)

ko 언약적 (making a commitment by illocutionary means) · de kommissiv (making a commitment by illocutionary means)

commissive en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
commissives	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

behabitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · verdictive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · exercitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · expositive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts)

Translations (2)

ko 언약행위 (speech act by which a commitment is made) · de Kommissiv (speech act by which a commitment is made)