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Definition of suppletive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

suppletive

adjective
 
/səˈpliːtɪv/
 
/səˈpliːtɪv/
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  1. used to describe a particular form of a verb when it is not related to the main form of the verb, for example ‘went’ as the past tense of ‘go’
    • Some of the verbs have suppletive forms for the past tense.
ancient
adjective
 
 
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