Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presentative

/pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-sent-at-ive
IPA
/pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.

adj

Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present.

adj

Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

adj

Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is perceived”).

adj

Of or pertaining to an act of presenting or giving an object to someone.

Obsolete

noun

A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

Example Sentences

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Latin praesentativus (“that presents for consideration”) + English -ive (suffix signifying belonging or relating to, of the nature of, serving to, or tending to, forming adjectives). Praesentativus is from Latin praesentātus (“presented, exhibited, or shown”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives); while praesentātus is the perfect passive participle of praesentō (“to present, exhibit, or show”), from praesēns (“at hand, present; existing; immediate; prompt; propitious; (grammar) present”) (the present active participle of praesum (“to be before something; to be in charge of; to command, lead; to preside or rule over”), from prae- (prefix meaning ‘before, in front; in charge’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + sum (“to be, exist, have”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”))) + -tō (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as present + -ative. The noun sense (“construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor”) is derived from adjective sense 3 (“serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₁es-, praesentativus, praesentātus, *preh₂-
  • Suffix: present

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/
  • British English: /pɹɪˈzɛntətɪv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more presentative (comparative) most presentative (superlative) presentatives (plural)

Derived Forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Questions

How do you pronounce presentative?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/.
What does presentative mean?
Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.
Where does presentative come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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