Equative may refer to:
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equative case
The equative case (abbreviated ) is a grammatical case prototypically expressing the standard of comparison of equal values ("as… as…"). The equative case has been used in very few languages in history. It was used in the Sumerian language, w ...
, a grammatical case
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equative construction
An equative construction is a grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence. Adv ...
, a grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative of equality
*equative degree, another name for the
comparative of equality
The degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs are the various forms taken by adjectives and adverbs when used to compare two entities (comparative degree), three or more entities (superlative degree), or when not comparing entities (positi ...
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equative sentence
An equative (or equational) sentence is a sentence where two entities are equated with each other. For example, the sentence ''Susan Copular verb#English, is our president'', equates two entities "Susan" and "our president". In English, equatives ...
, a sentence where two entities are equated with each other
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