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resultative

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzʌltətɪv/

The English word “resultative” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".

noun

  1. A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.
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