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resultative

noun

Meaning

  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.
  2. (grammar) Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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