commissive
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
commissive (comparative more commissive, superlative most commissive)
- By commission; resulting from a positive act.
- This error was commissive rather than omissive.
- (pragmatics) Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
- "I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement.
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Noun[edit]
commissive (plural commissives)
- (pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Other classical types of illocutionary acts
- behabitive
- commissive
- exercitive
- expositive
- verdictive
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Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
commissive