presentative

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈzɛntətɪv/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/, /pri-/, [-ɾɪv] Hyphenation: pre‧sent‧at‧ive === Adjective === presentative (comparative more presentative, superlative most presentative) Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind. (ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present. Antonym: donative (grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor. (metaphysics, psychology) Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is perceived”). (obsolete) Synonym of representative (“representing another, or representing a larger group”). (rare) Of or pertaining to an act of presenting or giving an object to someone. ==== Derived terms ==== presentatively presentativeness ==== Translations ==== === Noun === presentative (plural presentatives) (grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === advowson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia presentative (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia presentative (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “presentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.