cursive
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4.3
- noun
- /ˈkɜːrsɪv/
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cursiva
- On the top of each one is my name in cursive: LAYLE.
- cursive writing
- write in cursive
- teaching cursive
So that stuff, there was a shot where you're driving down the highway and all the street signs are written in cursive.
- So that stuff, there was a shot where you're driving down the highway and all the street signs are written in cursive.
- Read it at the same time I'm practicing my cursive and, you know, circle jerking with scratch and sniff strawberry stickers, right?
- And when they do teach kids cursives, it's only to write mean things about white people.
Examples
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I finally learned how to write cursive legibly when I turned 40.
Blog text (24) -
And then we see the cursive below of the young child just entering school and learning to write.
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I have not written in cursive in so long it feels weird.
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For kids, the only practical purpose for learning cursive is to sign their names.
Blog text (12) -
Would you like to try writing some words in cursive on the blackboard today?
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Elementary students are taught cursive either in the latter part of second grade or in third grade.
Academic text (2009) -
I have to read these letters because Daniel is new to cursive writing and can't even sound out a word like wildebeest.
Fiction book (1999) -
At St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, cursive remains a core subject.
Blog text (12) -
In her naive cursive, her mother had left a final note voicing her ambition to "rejoin my husband."
Fiction book (2000) -
In art class, we practiced writing our names in cursive to make them look beautiful.
Synonyms
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4.6
Writing by hand with letters written fully, often joined together
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4.4
Handwriting in which letters join together in a smooth, flowing way
A quick way of writing where letters in a word stay joined without lifting the pen
Antonyms
Compounds
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
cursive = curs + ive
Although the form can be analysed as Latin combining form 'curs-' + English suffix '-ive', 'curs' is not a standalone English base and the meaning ('connected, flowing handwriting') is not derivable by an average B1 learner from the visible parts.
Etymology
Cursive comes from the Latin currere meaning 'to run'. Think of the letters 'running' along the line and joining together, which is why cursive is a flowing, connected style of handwriting.