constative.
Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
Meaning & usage
Pertaining to an utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
Statements are constative utterances.
Where this word comes from
Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“to agree, correspond, or fit; to am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus.
An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
Where this word comes from
Coined to translate the German konstatierend, using cōnstāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin verb cōnstō (“to agree, correspond, or fit; to am certain, decided, or consistent”), suffixed with the English -ive, suggesting a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *cōnstātīvus.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.