Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pec-tive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

expectative

adj

A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From expect + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more expective (comparative) most expective (superlative)

Questions

What does expective mean?
expectative
Where does expective come from?
From expect + -ive.

How to pronounce expective

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