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equa·tive
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equativenoun
A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.
equativenoun
A word in the equative form.
equativenoun
A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic, Finnish and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.
equativeadjective
Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
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Equative
The term equative is used in linguistics to refer to constructions where two entities are equated with each other. For example, the sentence Susan is our president, equates two entities. In English, equatives are typically expressed using a copular verb such as "be". Equatives can be contrasted with predicative constructions where one entity is identified as a member of a set. Note that the term equative is also sometimes applied to comparative-like constructions in which the degrees compared are identical rather than distinct: e.g., John is as stupid as he is fat.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of equative in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of equative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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