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Definition: PRIVATIVE |
PRIVATIVEAdjective1. Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less. 2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative. 3. Causing privation; depriving. Noun1. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3. 2. A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term. 3. That of which the essence is the absence of something. |
Date "PRIVATIVE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Taking | Adjective: taking;Verb: privative, prehensile; predaceous, predal, predatory, predatorial; lupine, rapacious, raptorial; ravenous; parasitic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PRIVATIVE |
| English words defined with "PRIVATIVE": A- ♦ Dis- ♦ Ex- ♦ For- ♦ -less ♦ Obversion ♦ Privatively, Privativeness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PRIVATIVE": privative opposition. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PRIVATIVE": Privatively. (references) |
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| "PRIVATIVE" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PRIVATIVE" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PRIVATIVE": alpha privative ♦ privative opposition ♦ privative term. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "PRIVATIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mohues (contradictious, negative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отрицателен (minus, negative, negatory, subzero, uncomplitary, unfavorable, unfavourable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | privativní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | opposition privative (privative opposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | privative Opposition (privative opposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στερητικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyomort okozó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | privativo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cailjagh (lost object, strayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivativepray negativo (minus, negative film). (various references) privativ, negativ (negational, negative, negatively), care priveazã, care aratã lipsã. (various references) отрицательный (abnegative, degenerative, minus, neg, negative, negatory). (various references) eas- (privative prefix), ea-, èa- (privative prefix), ao- (privative prefix), am-, amh- (privative prefix), ain- (privative prefix), aim-, aimh- (privative prefix). (various references) oduzimajući, lišavajući. (various references) privativo, prefijo privativo, sufijo privativo, negativo (adverse, minus, negative, negativistic, negatory). (various references) negerande, negativ (destructive, minus, negative, negatory). (various references) yoksun bırakan, olumsuzluk eki, olumsuzluk belirten kelime, olumsuz şekle çeviren, mahrum eden. (various references) що свідчить про відсутність, що відбира", привативний. (various references) thiếu (deficient, incomplete, insufficient, missing, scanty, scarce, unfurnished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "PRIVATIVE": privatively, privatives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-p-r-t-v-v" | |
-2 letters: private. | |
-3 letters: pirate, pitier, privet, trivia. | |
-4 letters: aiver, apter, atrip, avert, irate, parve, pater, paver, peart, pieta, prate, retia, rivet, taper, tapir, terai, trave, tripe, varve, viper, vitae. | |
-5 letters: airt, aper, aver, pair, pare, part, pate, pave, pear, peat, peri, pert, pier, pita, prat, rape, rapt, rate, rave, reap, ripe, rite, rive, tape, tare. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-p-r-t-v-v" | |
+1 letter: privatives. | |
+2 letters: privatively. | |
+3 letters: vituperative, viviparities. | |
+5 letters: vituperatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 49 56 41 54 49 56 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. ...- .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001001 01010110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R I V A T I V E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0049 0056 0041 0054 0049 0056 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505243563554435639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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