completive C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /kəmˈplitɪv/ UK /kəmˈpliːtɪv/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj serving to complete; expressing completion, as a grammatical aspect The verb takes a completive form to mark a finished action. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · serving to complete;... completingconclusiveterminativeperfective ↔ Opposites inceptiveincompletive Word family Derived forms completively Related forms completecompletioncompleteness Etymology AI details From Late Latin completivus, from completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, complete'). completivus Latin complere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # completive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /kəmˈplitɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpliːtɪv/ ## Meanings 1. serving to complete; expressing completion, as a grammatical aspect ## Examples - The verb takes a completive form to mark a finished action. ## Synonyms - completing - conclusive - terminative - perfective ## Antonyms - inceptive - incompletive ## Derived Forms - completively ## Related Forms - complete - completion - completeness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: completivus - Root: complere ## Etymology From Late Latin completivus, from completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, complete'). ## AI Etymology Completive comes from Late Latin completivus, from completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, complete'). The historical trail runs through completivus in Latin and complere in Latin. Used as an adjective, completive now means "serving to complete; expressing completion, as a grammatical aspect", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as completively and related forms such as complete, completion, and completeness. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown