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The correct spelling is factive.
How to pronounce factive
noun
Say it like: Fac-tiv-e
The correct spelling is factive. (grammar) A factive verb. For example: "You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese."
Usage Examples
“You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(grammar) A factive verb.
adjective
- 1.(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
- 2.(of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
- 3.Making.
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