aggressive

== English == === Etymology === From aggress +‎ -ive. Compare with French agressif. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪv === Adjective === aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive) Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. Synonym: bare-knuckle (especially programming, of a method or process) Exploiting every opportunity to be applied. 2002, Shpeisman, T. ; Lueh, G.-Y. ; Adl-Tabatabai, A.-R., PACT 2002: 2002 International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques : proceedings : 22-25 September, 2002, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press →ISBN, page 249 The Itanium processor is an example of an Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) architecture and thus relies on aggressive and expensive compiler optimizations for performance. (pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant. (finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch. For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:combative ==== Antonyms ==== passive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === aggressive (plural aggressives) One who is aggressive. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive. === Further reading === “aggressive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aggressive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === aggressive inflection of aggressiv: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɡ.ɡresˈsi.ve/ Rhymes: -ive Hyphenation: ag‧gres‧sì‧ve === Adjective === aggressive feminine plural of aggressivo == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === aggressive definite singular of aggressiv plural of aggressiv == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === aggressive definite singular of aggressiv plural of aggressiv == Swedish == === Adjective === aggressive definite natural masculine singular of aggressiv