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ˈpyu tə tɪvpu·ta·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. putative(a)adjective

    purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

    "the foundling's putative father"; "the putative author of the book"

Wiktionary

  1. putativeadjective

    Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.

  2. Etymology: First attested 1432, from putatif, from putativus, from putatus, from puto.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Putativeadjective

    Supposed; reputed.

    Etymology: putatif, Fr. from puto, Lat.

    If a wife commits adultery, she shall lose her dower, though she be only a putative, and not a true and real wife. John Ayliffe.

ChatGPT

  1. putative

    Putative is an adjective that means generally believed or deemed to be true or real, but not necessarily proven or verified. It refers to something that is considered or assumed to be true based on available evidence or common belief, but its actuality may still be uncertain or subject to scrutiny.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Putativeadjective

    commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child

  2. Etymology: [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Putative

    pū′tā-tiv, adj. supposed: reputed: commonly supposed to be.—n. Putā′tion, act of considering, estimation.—Putative marriage, a marriage prohibited by canon law, but entered into in good faith by at least one of the parties. [Fr.,—L. putativusputāre, -ātum, to suppose.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of putative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of putative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of putative in a Sentence

  1. Lion Shahab:

    Firstly, this paper does not attempt to link the rise in mobile phone use with a rise in brain tumor incidence directly, there are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here.

  2. Lion Shahab:

    There are statistical techniques available to do this, for instance using time-series analysis, which attempt to link changes in a putative risk factor with changes in the outcome of interest over time. This was not done here, second, even if such a link were found, correlation does not imply causation.

  3. Daniel Suneson:

    In a putative self-defence situation, the violence must still be proportionate. Here we have three people delivering kicks and punches to a person lying down, the three should be convicted of assault according to my description of events.

  4. Ian Bremmer:

    So I mean, how does this play out? This is all happening notwithstanding the fact that the putative leader of the Republican Party is the former president, who is continuing to argue day in and day out that Biden is an illegitimate president, i think it's very clear that you're going to see 2024 as a more significant political crisis for the United States than 2020 was.

  5. Ullas Karanth:

    The report is merely a compilation of putative ‘tiger numbers for large areas’ put out by officials of various countries.

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