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Meaning of "assentive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSENTIVE

assentive  [əˈsɛntɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSENTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assentive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ASSENTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of assentive in the English dictionary

The definition of assentive in the dictionary is having the tendency to concur or comply.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSENTIVE


adventive
ədˈvɛntɪv
agentive
ˈeɪdʒəntɪv
anal-retentive
ˌeɪnəlrəˈtɛntɪv
appointive
əˈpɔɪntɪv
attentive
əˈtɛntɪv
disincentive
ˌdɪsɪnˈsɛntɪv
fermentive
fəˈmɛntɪv
inattentive
ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv
incentive
ɪnˈsɛntɪv
intentive
ɪnˈtɛntɪv
inventive
ɪnˈvɛntɪv
irretentive
ˌɪrɪˈtɛntɪv
overattentive
ˌəʊvərəˈtɛntɪv
pendentive
pɛnˈdɛntɪv
plaintive
ˈpleɪntɪv
presentive
prɪˈzɛntɪv
preventive
prɪˈvɛntɪv
retentive
rɪˈtɛntɪv
substantive
ˈsʌbstəntɪv
sustentive
səˈstɛntɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSENTIVE

assemblywoman
assemblywomen
Assen
assent
assentaneous
assentation
assentator
assenter
assentient
assentingly
assentiveness
assentor
assert
assertable
assertedly
asserter
assertible
assertion
assertive
assertively

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSENTIVE

active
affrontive
alternative
anal retentive
argumentive
automotive
circumventive
competitive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
interactive
native
negative
tax incentive
uninventive
unretentive
wage incentive

Synonyms and antonyms of assentive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «assentive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSENTIVE

Find out the translation of assentive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assentive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assentive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

assentive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

assentive
570 millions of speakers

English

assentive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

assentive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

assentive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

assentive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assentive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

assentive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

assentive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

assentive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

assentive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

assentive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Assentive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

assentive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

assentive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जाणीवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

assentive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assentive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

assentive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

assentive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

assentive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

assentive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

assentive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

assentive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

assentive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assentive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSENTIVE»

The term «assentive» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSENTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assentive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSENTIVE»

Discover the use of assentive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assentive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical Theories and Empirical Practice: A Linguistic ...
The Nen assentive category, to which we now pass, shows that in those situations, too, dialogic parallelisms can be found. 3. The Nen assentive Nen is a hitherto-undescribed language of Papua New Guinea, belonging to the Morehead-Maro ...
Andrea C. Schalley, 2012
2
PRA:
... which we express or denote by the word "belief" that consists in something like the assentive entertainment of one proposition as opposed to another, as when I now believe that it will rain tomorrow as opposed to that it will not rain tomorrow.
‎1984
3
China Handbook
The distribution of votes was similar to that in the First Committee only with the following variations: (a) Lebanon: Absent in the First Committee but casting an assentive vote in the General Assembly (b) Nicaragua: Absent in the First Committee ...
4
China Yearbook
The distribution of votes was similar to that in the First Com- .mittee only with the following variations: (a) Lebanon: Absent in the First Committee but casting an assentive vote in the General Assembly (b) Nicaragua: Absent in the First ...
5
The method and rule of proceeding upon all elections, polls ...
... of the City,"f the practice of its representative and multiplied character seems to have been purely consultative or assentive, without a legislative equality ; and this position is clearly borne out by the petitiones communi- tatis quoted by Stow.
sir William Mildmay (bart.), Henry Kent S. Causton, 1841
6
Fugitive pieces, in verse and prose
... to your assumption of political character, assentive to, or applausive of an Union—with many of you, the first time, and with most. of you, the last time, of declaring yourselves Irishmen! I do say, that the majority of such subscribers, however ...
William DRENNAN (the Elder.), 1815
7
Salvation Elucidated
These individuals seek gratification in the form of assentive feedback. Purpose As previously noted, everyone needs to have purpose in life. A God-given conscience incites the intellect to acknowledge and execute virtuous activity.
James D. Wilmes, 2014
8
The works of the English poets from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
Half-deity is he who warm may press Thy lip, sofi-swelling to the kindling kiss; And may that lip assentive warmth express, Till love draw willing love to ardent bliss l Circling thy waist, and circled in thy amis, Who, melting on thy mutual- melting ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
9
The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ...
... charni'd ear sits, rapt, his listening foul, Till admiiation form intense desire. ' I- Ialdeity is he who warm may press "l'hy lip, soft-swelling to the ltiutlliiig kiss; And may that lip assentive warmth express, ' Till love draw willing love to ardcnt bliss ...
Robert Anderson, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, 1795
10
The Poetical and Dramatic Writings of Oliver Goldsmith
Thus, spoke the bard: but not one friendly power, With nod assentive crown'd the parting hour; No eastern meteor glar'd beneath the lky, No dextral omen; Nature heav'd a figh Prophetic of the dire impending blow, The presage of her loss, and  ...
Oliver Goldsmith, 1790

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSENTIVE»

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Aaron Ekblad: Potential Draft Pick For Buffalo Sabres
... but McCabe is a solid defensive minded defenseman and would be able to hold the fort down well when Aaron Ekblad goes for the assentive ... «Sabre Noise, Jun 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Assentive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/assentive>. Oct 2026 ».
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