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Meanings of copulative in English

Portuguese
verbo de ligação
Catalan
còpula

An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.

verbo de ligação

Connecting.

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Examples for "connecting"
Examples for "connecting"
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This means ensuring there are enough gas pipelines connecting different national markets.
Reuters
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These included long pipelines connecting China with Russia, Central Asia and Myanmar.
Reuters
3
Each tackled the idea of connecting people in a slightly different way.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
4
If governments wait to protect connecting forest corridors, they'll soon be gone.
Wired
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Planners should start connecting transport systems with wider urban development, Alam said.
Reuters
Usage of copulative in English
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But the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in Sec.
An English Grammar
2
Tom continued to strut spasmodically, making vulgar copulative motions.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
3
The reproductive apparatus comprises the different organs of sex (embryonic glands, sexual ducts, and copulative organs).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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And he underlines in red ink the word "however," perhaps as mysterious a copulative as has ever appeared in British prose.
On Something
5
Conjunctions are divided into two sorts, the Copulative and Disjunctive.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures / Accompanied by a compendi...
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Copulative organs, evolution of the.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
Translations for copulative
Catalan
còpula
Copulative through the time