stative

Plural: statives

Adjective

• ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action

Adj

• Of a verb: asserting, generally intransitively, that a subject has a particular property or status.
• Of or relating to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.

Noun

• A verb that expresses a state of being rather than action.
• A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.

Examples

• Words like "know" or "believe" are stative verbs, rarely used for action plays.

Synonyms

descriptive

Antonyms

active, dynamic

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