illative

ɪˈleɪtɪv

Definition

Definition of illative - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

language

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word expressing inference like 'therefore'

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He used 'therefore' as an illative in his argument.

conclusion

deduction

inference

grammar case

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grammatical case indicating motion towards something

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In Finnish, 'talo' becomes 'taloon' in the illative case.

Adjective

logical conclusion

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relating to or denoting a conclusion

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His illative reasoning led to a surprising discovery..

deductive

inferential

linguistics

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related to a grammatical case indicating motion into

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In Finnish, the illative case shows direction.

deductive

inferential

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illative conjunction

conjunction showing inference from another statement

In linguistics, “therefore” is an illative conjunction signaling inference from a prior claim.

Origin of illative

Latin, illatus (brought in)

Examples of illative in a sentence

In logic, 'thus' serves as an illative.
The illative is used to express direction in Estonian.
Students struggled with the illative in their grammar lessons.
The illative statement was hard to refute.
Her illative argument convinced everyone in the room.
The illative case is used in Estonian grammar.

She studied the illative forms in her linguistics class.

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French:illatif, conclusif, ...
German:Konjunktion, schlussfolgernd, ...
Italian:illativo, conclusivo, ...
Spanish:conclusión, conclusivo, ...
Portuguese:ilativo, conclusivo, ...
Chinese:推理词, 推论的, ...
Japanese:推論詞, 結論的な, ...
Arabic:أَدَاةُ الاسْتِنْتاجِ, اِسْتِنْتاجِيّ, ...
Hebrew:מִלַּת הַסָּקָה, הֶסְקָנִי, ...
Russian:иллатив, умозаключительный, ...
Ukrainian:висновкове слово, логічний, ...
Hindi:अनुमान शब्द, निष्कर्षात्मक, ...
Bengali:ইলেটিভ, যুক্তিসঙ্গত উপসংহার, ...
Catalan:conjunció il.lativa, conclusiu, ...
Czech:ilativ, ilativní, ...
Danish:konklusion, konkluderende, ...
Dutch:illatief, concluderend, ...
Greek:συμπερασματική λέξη, συμπερασματικός, ...
Hungarian:következtető szó, konkluzív, ...
Khmer:ពាក្យភ្ជាប់បង្ហាញសេចក្តីសន្និដ្ឋាន, សន្និដ្ឋាន, ...
Korean:추론 표현, 추론적인, ...
Persian:کلمه نتیجه‌گیری, استنتاجی, ...
Polish:spójnik wnioskowy, wnioskujący, ...
Portuguese (BR):ilativo, conclusivo, ...
Romanian:illativ, concluziv, ...
Swedish:illativ, slutledande, ...
Thai:คำสรุป, สรุป, ...
Turkish:çıkarsama edatı, sonuç çıkarıcı, ...
Vietnamese:từ suy luận, kết luận, ...

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