communicative
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4.2
- adjective
- /kəˈmjunɪˌkeɪtɪv/
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comunicativo
- Network analysis enables researchers to determine the frequency of prominent terms or concepts in a communicative context.
- communicative competence
- communicative participation
- communicative function
Examples
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Another limitation to this study is that information regarding the cognitive or communicative functioning of the children was not collected.
Academic text (2015) -
There has been a remarkable decline in both communicative and linguistic competence among secondary school learners.
Academic text (2012) -
Consequently, these programs are often no more successful in teaching English communicative competence than the public school system.
Academic text (1990) -
The T score of 50 represents the mean level of communicative participation of the calibration sample.
Academic text (2013) -
Reading fluency means the efficient and effective processing of meaningful, connected, communicative language.
Academic text (2012) -
Do you consider the instructional type in your department a communicative one or a grammar-focused one?
Academic text (2011) -
ICT can build up English language skills and the acquisition of communicative competence in secondary school students.
Academic text (2012) -
In the 1980s, the Notional Syllabus and the Communicative Approach became widely known in Japan.
Academic text (1990) -
Children who stutter (CWS) tend to be disfluent when they engage in bidirectional communicative exchanges (Conture, 2001).
Academic text (2012) -
She is very communicative, always eager to share her thoughts and experiences with others.
Synonyms
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6.8
About communication between people or groups
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6.7
Relating to communication and how people or things affect each other
Showing willingness and ability to share information by talking or writing
A person who is friendly and easy to talk to
Antonyms
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
communicative = communicate (transparent) = communicate + ive
The word 'communicative' is transparently derived from 'communicate' with the suffix '-ive', indicating a relation to the act of communication.
Etymology
Communicative comes from the Latin communicare, which means 'to share' and is the same root as common and community. So, when something is communicative it is about sharing information, ideas, or feelings.