Noun: continuative kun'tin-yoo,ey-tiv [N. Amer], kun'tin-yoo-u-tiv [Brit]
- An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words, phrases, clauses or sentences
"In some languages, continuatives are used to indicate ongoing actions";
- conjunction, conjunctive, connective
Derived forms: continuatives
Type of: closed-class word, function word, functor
Encyclopedia: Continuative