How do you use Semelfactives in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Semelfactives in a sentence
Semelfactives meaning
plural of semelfactive
Using Semelfactives
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of semelfactive
- In the example corpus, semelfactives often appears in combinations such as: and semelfactives.
Context around Semelfactives
- Average sentence length in these examples: 14 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Semelfactives
- In this selection, "semelfactives" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 14 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include accomplishments and semelfactives have telic and achievements and semelfactives do not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "semelfactives" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with semelfactives
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Accomplishments, states, and activities have duration, while achievements and semelfactives do not. (12 words)
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect. (16 words)
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect. (16 words)
Accomplishments, states, and activities have duration, while achievements and semelfactives do not. (12 words)
Example sentences (2)
Accomplishments, states, and activities have duration, while achievements and semelfactives do not.
Achievements, accomplishments and semelfactives have telic situation aspect, while states and activities have atelic situation aspect.
Common combinations with semelfactives
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: