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Adjective: stative  stey-tiv
  1. (used of verbs (e.g. 'be' or 'own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
    "A stative preposition can occur with a verb of motion, just like a transitive preposition can occur with a stative verb"

Antonym: dynamic

Encyclopedia: Stative

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