Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 19 compound words that contain essive. The most common are listed below. Open essive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- essive caseNoun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.
- essive-formalA case in Hungarian that combines the essive case and the formal case, and can express position, task, state (e.g. "as a tourist") or manner (e.g. "like a hunted animal").
- essive-modalA case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language …
- essive casesplural of essive case: Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.
Compound words 19
- exessiveOf, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.
- antessiveIndicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
- postessiveIndicating a position behind something.
- successiveComing one after the other in a series.
- obsessiveProne to cause obsession.
- possessiveOf or pertaining to ownership or possession.
- repressiveServing to repress or suppress; oppressive
- agressiveMisspelling of aggressive: Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
- incessiveIntense and active.
- concessiveOf, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.