Definition of "translative" []

• Of or relating to the transfer or movement of a person or thing to another place. (adjective)
• Relating to or used in the translation of a language. (adjective)
• Linguistics Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating the state into which one passes in certain languages, as in Finnish (Tule) terveeksi! "(Get) well!” (adjective)
• Linguistics The translative case. (noun)
• Linguistics A word or form in the translative case. (noun)

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• "Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday."
• "The four: the tension between externalist and internalist views of the causes of human suffering; translative or transformative approaches to the nature of change; the role given to individual versus community or collective; and something called altitude."
• "For us, most giving is translative in that it involves the giver's surrender of every connection to the gift, making it natural for us to suppose that God renounces His authority over what He gives us."