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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

concessive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kənˈsɛsɪv/

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
  2. (of a conjunction) Joining clauses while conceding some notion.

Forms

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most concessive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more concessive Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

concessively · concessiveness · concessive clause

Hypernyms

disjunctive

Translations (9)

es concesivo (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · pt concessivo (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · pl skłonny do ustępstw (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · it concessivo (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · gv cogheillagh (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · fr concessif (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · ca concessiu (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · id konsesif (of, pertaining to, or being a concession) · hu megengedő (of, pertaining to, or being a concession)

concessive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kənˈsɛsɪv/

Meanings

  1. A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".

Forms

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concessives Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

concessional