durative

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to duration.
2. Long-lasting.
3. Of or pertaining to the aspect of a verb that expresses continuing action; continuative. Part of the imperfective aspect, as opposed to the perfective aspect, of verbs.

Noun

This aspect, or a verb in this aspect; a continuative.

Synonyms

lasting

progressive

durative aspect

endurance

everlasting

habitual

just

long-lived

longsome

now

persistence

persistent

repetitive

sustain

longevous

continuous tense

progressive tense

not completed

abide

diuturnal

continuing

durable

Translations

duratif

andauernd

jetzt

dauerhaft

gerade

widerstandsfähig

anhaltend

langlebig

durable

permanent

pérenne

longeu

adesso

durevole

durador

Etymology

From duration + -ive. Alternatively, borrowed from French duratif, from Old French duratif (“lasting continuously (for a certain time)”), via Anglo-Norman French, and existing in the form duratif from about the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, when the spelling was altered to durative under the influence of the literary Neolatin movement. Analogous to dure (“to last, to continue”) + -ive.