adj
Meaning 1
Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hortative
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːtətɪv/
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US: /ˈhɔɹtətɪv/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tətɪv
adj
Meaning 2
Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
giving strong encouragement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhortative, exhortatory, hortatory
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“to exhort”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: увещателен (uveštatelen) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Chinese Mandarin: 激勵的 /激励的 (jīlì de) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Chinese Mandarin: 勉勵的 /勉励的 (miǎnlì de) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Finnish: kehottava — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- French: hortatif — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Italian: esortativo — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Old English: tihtendlīċ — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Polish: zachęcający — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Polish: napominający — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Russian: настави́тельный (nastavítelʹnyj) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Russian: увещева́тельный (uveščevátelʹnyj) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Russian: назида́тельный (nazidátelʹnyj) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Russian: поучи́тельный (poučítelʹnyj) — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Spanish: hortativo — urging, exhorting, or encouraging
- Finnish: hortatiivinen — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement
- French: hortatif — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement
- Galician: hortativo — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement
- Old English: tihtendlīċ — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement
- Polish: hortatywny — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement
- Spanish: hortativo — of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement