Equative Definition

ĕkwə-tĭv

adjective

Of, relating to, or being a form of an adjective or adverb indicating identity of degree of comparison.

American Heritage

(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.

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noun

The equative degree.

American Heritage

An adjective or adverb expressing the equative degree.

American Heritage

(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.

Wiktionary

(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.

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