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suppletive
suppletive
See also: supplétive
English
Adjective
suppletive (comparative more suppletive, superlative most suppletive)
- (grammar) Inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms good, better, best).
- When "went" replaced "gang", "go" became suppletive.
- Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
Translations
grammar
See also
- suppletion
- Category:Suppletive verbs by language