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Essive meaning

  1. of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity.
  2. designating being in a state as opposed to entering into a state.
  3. indicating a temporary state of being.

Using Essive

  • The main meaning on this page is: of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity. | designating being in a state as opposed to entering into a state. | indicating a temporary state of being.
  • In the example corpus, essive often appears in combinations such as: the essive, essive case.

Context around Essive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

case 5×

Sentence patterns with Essive

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

of the essive case and 1× of the essive case can 1× print the essive case on 1× states the essive case can 1× the essive case is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

creissels asserts that 1× print the essive 1× the essive case 1× the example above 1× when marking something 1×

Common sentence endings:

action was completed 1× and one illusionary 1× english as on 1× individual differing worlds 1× the allative case 1×

Words around Essive

Just before it in the word index:

essity 2 essington 5 essingen 2 essilorluxottica 5 essilor 2 essikado 4

Just after it in the word index:

essjay 2 essl 2 esslin 3 esslinger 3 essm 3 essman 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Essive

  • In this selection, "essive" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, case stand out and add context to how "essive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the essive case and and of the essive case can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "essive" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with essive

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

The essive case is marked by use of the adposition "en", which translates to English as "on". (17 words)

When marking something that cannot literally change states, the essive case can implicate the presence of alternative states, even two individual, differing "worlds". (23 words)

The example above illustrates the process by which marking of the essive case can be seen as creating two differing "worlds": one real and one illusionary. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Creissels asserts that Spanish is just one example of European languages in which these three cases are distinct, as opposed to other European languages, which exhibit some conflation between marking of the essive case and of the allative case. (39 words)

Print. The essive case on a noun can express it as a definite period of time during which something happens or during which a continuous action was completed. (28 words)

The example above illustrates the process by which marking of the essive case can be seen as creating two differing "worlds": one real and one illusionary. (26 words)

Example sentences (5)

Creissels asserts that Spanish is just one example of European languages in which these three cases are distinct, as opposed to other European languages, which exhibit some conflation between marking of the essive case and of the allative case.

Print. The essive case on a noun can express it as a definite period of time during which something happens or during which a continuous action was completed.

The essive case is marked by use of the adposition "en", which translates to English as "on".

The example above illustrates the process by which marking of the essive case can be seen as creating two differing "worlds": one real and one illusionary.

When marking something that cannot literally change states, the essive case can implicate the presence of alternative states, even two individual, differing "worlds".

Common combinations with essive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "essive" in a sentence?
An example: "Creissels asserts that Spanish is just one example of European languages in which these three cases are distinct, as opposed to other European languages, which exhibit some conflation between marking of the essive case and of the allative case." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "essive" from authentic English texts.
What does "essive" mean?
Essive means: of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity.
How many example sentences with "essive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "essive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.