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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coactive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coac-tive
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Obsolete

adj

Acting in concurrence; united in action.

Example Sentences

Etymology

See Latin coactum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more coactive (comparative) most coactive (superlative)

Derived Forms

coactively

Questions

What does coactive mean?
Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Where does coactive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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