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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

obviative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒbvi.ətɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French obviatif. By surface analysis, obviate + -ive.

Meanings

  1. Relating to such a referent or grammatical marker.

Forms

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most obviative Degree=Sup lexicographic
more obviative Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

obviatively

Relateds

proximate

Synonyms

obviate

obviative en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒbvi.ətɪv/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French obviatif. By surface analysis, obviate + -ive.

Meanings

  1. A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.

Forms

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obviatives Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

obviate

Translations (3)

de Obviativ (grammatical person) · pl obwiatyw (grammatical person) · ru обвиати́в (grammatical person)