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Wondering how to use Completive in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .

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Completive in a sentence

Completive meaning

Making complete.

Using Completive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Making complete.
  • In the example corpus, completive often appears in combinations such as: completive aspect.

Context around Completive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

using 1×

Often after:

aspect 2×

Sentence patterns with Completive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

distinction using completive aspect 1× incompletive and completive aspect citation 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for example the 1×

Common sentence endings:

pye clifton 2001 1× using completive aspect 1×

Words around Completive

Just before it in the word index:

completists 3 completist 2 completions 111 completionists 11 completionist 9 completion 2.381

Just after it in the word index:

completly 2 complex 8.959 complexa 2 complexation 3 complexcon 4 complexe 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Completive

  • In this selection, "completive" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, using and aspect stand out and add context to how "completive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include distinction using completive aspect and incompletive and completive aspect citation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "completive" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with completive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For example, the K'iche' language spoken in Guatemala has the inflectional prefixes k- and x- to mark incompletive and completive aspect; citation Pye, Clifton (2001). (26 words)

It is not uncommon for non-Indo-European languages not to have a three way tense distinction, but instead to distinguish between realis (past/present) and irrealis (future) moods, and describe the past distinction using completive aspect. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

It is not uncommon for non-Indo-European languages not to have a three way tense distinction, but instead to distinguish between realis (past/present) and irrealis (future) moods, and describe the past distinction using completive aspect. (37 words)

For example, the K'iche' language spoken in Guatemala has the inflectional prefixes k- and x- to mark incompletive and completive aspect; citation Pye, Clifton (2001). (26 words)

Example sentences (2)

For example, the K'iche' language spoken in Guatemala has the inflectional prefixes k- and x- to mark incompletive and completive aspect; citation Pye, Clifton (2001).

It is not uncommon for non-Indo-European languages not to have a three way tense distinction, but instead to distinguish between realis (past/present) and irrealis (future) moods, and describe the past distinction using completive aspect.

Common combinations with completive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "completive" in a sentence?
An example: "For example, the K'iche' language spoken in Guatemala has the inflectional prefixes k- and x- to mark incompletive and completive aspect; citation Pye, Clifton (2001)." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "completive" from authentic English texts.
What does "completive" mean?
Completive means: Making complete.
How many example sentences with "completive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "completive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.