Elative can refer to:
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Elative case
In grammar, the elative case (abbreviated ; from la, efferre "to bring or carry out") is a locative grammatical case with the basic meaning "out of". Usage Uralic languages
In Finnish, the elative is typically formed by adding ", in Estonian ...
, a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages and others
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Elative (gradation)
In Semitic linguistics, the elative ( ar, اِسْمُ تَفْضِيل ', literally meaning "noun of preference") is a stage of gradation that can be used to express comparatives or superlatives. The Arabic elative has a special inflection sim ...
, an inflection used in Arabic for the comparative and the superlative
*The absolutive superlative (a superlative used without any compared object, expressing an intense degree) in some languages, such as Latin
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