locative

1. 1.

   the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb

   Synonymslocative role

   Broadersemantic role

Other forms of locative

plural

locatives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about locative

What does locative mean?

locative means "the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb".

How many syllables are in locative?

locative has 3 syllables: lo-ca-tive. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for locative?

Close synonyms include locative role. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locative a common word?

locative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.