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Meaning of commissive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. By commission; resulting from a positive act.
  2. Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.

Equivalents

Deutsch kommissiv

Examples

“This error was commissive rather than omissive.”
“"I will kill you if you do that" is a commissive statement.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

commissural commissureless commissurotomized commitmentless commitmentphobic committable

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