commissive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
By commission; resulting from a positive act.
adj
Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
noun
A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
Example Sentences
- "This error was commissive rather than omissive."
- ""I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement."