Tag: -ive

I’ve (a?v) contraction of I have. -ive a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; detective; sportive. [

I’ve  (?v) Contraction of I have.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.I’ve (a?v) contraction of (Grammar) I haveCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014I’ve (a?v) contraction of I have. -ive a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; detective; sportive. [

-ivesuff. Performing or tending toward a specified action: demonstrative.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -?vus, adj. suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ive suffix 1. (forming adjectives) indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality: divisive; prohibitive; festive; massive. 2. (forming nouns of adjectival origin): detective; expletive. [from Latin -?vus]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014I’ve (a?v) contraction of I have. -ive a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; detective; sportive. [