agentive
/ˈeɪdʒəntɪv/
adjective
- Indicating or relating to a person or thing that performs an action, especially in grammar (e.g., the subject of a verb).
- In the sentence 'The cat chased the mouse,' 'cat' is the agentive noun.
- Agentive suffixes like '-er' turn verbs into nouns meaning 'one who does.'
- The agentive role in this sentence is played by the subject.
- Having the quality of acting or being an agent; actively causing something to happen.
- In many cultures, the wind is seen as an agentive force.
- Her agentive approach to problem-solving made her a great leader.
- The robot's agentive functions allowed it to make decisions independently.
noun
- A word or form that indicates the performer of an action, such as a noun ending in '-er' or '-or' (e.g., 'teacher,' 'actor').
- Many English agentives use the suffix '-er' to show the doer of an action.
- The word 'driver' is an agentive derived from the verb 'drive.'
- In linguistics class, we studied how agentives are formed in different languages.
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