✅ Showing finished action ✅ A completion marker

completive

8.0

Showing that an action is finished

adjective
/kəmˈplɛtɪv/

: completivo

The verb form is marked as completive to indicate the task was done.

Examples

In some languages, a completive aspect shows that an action is finished.
Linguists study how the completive aspect differs from the progressive aspect in various languages.
The project is now completive.
After months of hard work, the task finally feels completive.
In some languages, a completive aspect shows that an action is finished.
The verb form is marked as completive to indicate the task was done.
After months of hard work, the task finally feels completive.

Synonyms

concluding

vscompletive

3.1

At the end of something that finishes it

shows that something is finished rather than actively causing the end

terminative

vscompletive

Specialized

9.3

That brings something to an end

shows that something is finished rather than only marking its end

Surface Forms

completive positive

Morphology

completive = complete (transparent) = complete + ive

The adjective is directly formed from 'complete' + the productive adjectival suffix '-ive', yielding a meaning relating to completion.

Etymology

Completive comes from complete, which in turn has the parts com- 'together' and plete 'fill'. A helpful image is that a completive aspect shows an action is fully 'filled' or finished, so the adjective completive describes something that is complete.