Coordinative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coordinative \Co*["o]r"di*na*tive\, a. (Gram.)
     Expressing coordination. --J. W. Gibbs.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  coordinative \coordinative\ adj. (Grammar)
     same as {coordinating}. {subordinative}
  
     Syn: co-ordinating, coordinating.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coordinative
       adj : serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical
             construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in `John
             walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction;
             and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'" [syn: {coordinating(a)}]
             [ant: {subordinating(a)}]