commissive
Plural: commissives
Adj
- By commission; resulting from a positive act.
- Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
Noun
- A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
Examples
- ""I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement."
- "This error was commissive rather than omissive."
Scrabble Score: 0
commissive is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionarycommissive is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
commissive is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
commissive is not valid in Words With Friends