putative
pronunciation
How to pronounce putative in British English:
UK [ˈpju:tətɪv]
How to pronounce putative in American English:
US [ˈpjutətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
Word Origin
- putative (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French putatif, from Late Latin putativus "supposed," from Latin putat-, past participle stem of putare "to judge, suppose, believe, suspect," originally "to clean, trim, prune" (see pave). At first especially in putative marriage, one which, though legally invalid, was contracted in good faith by at least one party. Related: Putatively.
Example
- 1. Rio and bhp may scorn this putative benchmark .
- 2. He insisted on a series of curbs and limitations on a putative palestinian state that would deprive it of sovereignty .
- 3. In hong kong this week , george osborne staked a claim for the city to a slice of this putative market .
- 4. But doing copious homework on chinese companies looks like good advice for putative investors .
- 5. A more important matter is the scale of the putative future regime 's ambition to curb global warming .