stative

[ stey-tiv ]
/ ˈsteɪ tɪv /

adjective Grammar.

(of a verb) expressing a state or condition, as like, want, or believe, and usually used in simple, not progressive, tenses: I liked them. I want some. I will never believe it.
Compare nonstative.

Origin of stative

1625–35; < New Latin statīvus, Latin, equivalent to stat(us) (past participle of stāre to stand) + -īvus -ive

Words nearby stative

statistically, statistically independent, statistician, statistics, statius, stative, statler, stato-, statoacoustic, statoblast, statoconium

British Dictionary definitions for stative

stative
/ (ˈsteɪtɪv) grammar /

adjective

denoting a verb describing a state rather than an activity, act, or event, such as know and want as opposed to leave and throw Compare nonstative

noun

a stative verb

Word Origin for stative

C19: from New Latin stativus, from Latin stāre to stand