Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inducive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ducive
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.

noun

A case indicating the patient who undergoes the tangible effect, impact, or change of state of an act/event initiated/caused by that self-same party. Examples: The boys run in the playground, We talked for hours, The couple eats dinner.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below."

Etymology

From induce + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: induce

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

inductious inductive

Synonyms

IND inductive

Questions

What does inducive mean?: Tending to induce, inducing something, or relating to the inducing of something.
Where does inducive come from?: From induce + -ive.

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