Standard Lemma guide

constative

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɒnstətɪv/
  • UK: /kənˈsteɪtɪv/
  • rhymes with -ɒnstətɪv
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪv

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Statements are constative utterances.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“to agree, correspond, or fit; to am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus.