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FREQUENTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frequentative mean?
• FREQUENTATIVE (noun)
The noun FREQUENTATIVE has 1 sense:
1. a verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action
Familiarity information: FREQUENTATIVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("frequentative" is a kind of...):
verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
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