DURATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does durative mean? 

• DURATIVE (noun)
  The noun DURATIVE has 1 sense:

1. the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration

  Familiarity information: DURATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DURATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The aspect of a verb that expresses its duration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

durative; durative aspect

Hypernyms ("durative" is a kind of...):

aspect (the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "durative"):

imperfective; imperfective aspect (aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb)

progressive aspect (the aspect of a verb that expresses its on-going action)