applicative
adjective
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Pronunciation: /əˈplɪkətɪv/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English applicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English applicative From applicate + -ive.
- Having practical application; applicable.
- Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
- Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English applicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English applicative From applicate + -ive.
- A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
“It remains a puzzle why some languages allow multiple applicatives while others prohibit them. In Salish, examples of multiple applicatives are attested in Columbian, Lushootseed, Tillamook, and the three Northern Interior languages.”