English
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[edit]applicative (comparative more applicative, superlative most applicative)
- Having practical application; applicable.
- (programming) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
- Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
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Noun
[edit]applicative (plural applicatives)
- (grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
- 2010, Kaoru Kiyosawa, Donna Gerdts, Salish Applicatives, page 370:
- 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.
French
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Italian
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[edit]applicative
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