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Definition: Probative |
ProbativeAdjective1. Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Probative \Pro"ba*tive\, adjective. [Latin expression probativus: compare to the French expression probatif.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demonstration | Adjective: demonstrating; Verb:, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable; necessary. |
Experiment | Probative, probatory, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic; tentative;unverified, unproven, speculative, untested. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Probative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Probative" is used about 12 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% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "probative": probative-evidential. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
probative value | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "probative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | provues (demonstrative, evincive, probationary, tentative, test, tester), testues, dëshmues (evidential, indicative, testimonial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صالح للإثبات, إمتحاني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изследователски (disquisitional, inquisitional, investigative, investigatory, research), изпитващ, доказателствен (documentary, evidential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | probatoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beweiskräftig (argumentative, evidential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vizsgálati (investigational), kísérleti (experimental, farout, pilot, tentative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | probativo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | prowallagh (probationary, probationer, provable, test, trial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obativepray probatório, que constitui prova, comprovativo (evidentiary). (various references) edificator (edifying, graphic, graphical, self evident, telling). (various references) доказательный (evidential, evincive). (various references) dokazan (proven). (various references) probatorio (evidential, evidentiary, probatory). (various references) beviskraftig. (various references) kanıt oluşturan, ispatlayıcı, delile dayanan, delil niteliğindeki. (various references) іспитовий (probationary, probatory), доказовий (arguable, argumentative, demonstrable, demonstrative, evidential, evidentiary, probatory, provable, proveable, testimonial). (various references) để l m chứng cớ, để chứng minh (vindicative, vindicatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "probative": reprobative. (additional references) | |
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"Probative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: proative, probati, probitive, procative, progative, robotive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "probative" (pronounced prōbā"tiv) |
| 4 | -ā" t i v | creative, native, nonnative, vegetative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-o-p-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: abortive. | |
-2 letters: obviate, overapt, overtip, private, probate, vibrate, vibrato. | |
-3 letters: baiter, barite, boater, borate, obvert, opiate, pavior, pirate, privet, probit, protea, protei, rebait, rebato, terbia, viator. | |
-4 letters: abort, above, aiver, aport, apter, atrip, avert, bevor, biota, biter, boart, boite, brave, bravi, bravo, irate, oater, opera, orate, orbit, ovate, overt, pareo, parve, parvo, pater, patio. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-o-p-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: absorptive. | |
+2 letters: reprobative. | |
+4 letters: nonabsorptive. | |
+5 letters: absorptivities. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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