adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to duration.
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Standard Lemma guide
durative
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adj
Meaning 2
Long-lasting.
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.
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noun
Meaning 4
This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.
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noun
Meaning 5
the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration
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Synonyms: durative aspect
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Broader terms: aspect
Narrower terms: imperfective, imperfective aspect, progressive aspect
History
Etymology
From duration + -ive. Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: duratiu — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- Finnish: duratiivinen — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- French: duratif — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- Polish: niedokonany — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- Romanian: durativ — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- Spanish: durativo — linguistics: expressing continuing action
- Chinese Mandarin: 持續型 /持续型 (chíxùxíng) — aspect
- Finnish: duratiivisuus — aspect
- Finnish: duratiivinen verbi — aspect
- French: duratif — aspect
- Polish: aspekt niedokonany — aspect