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Assistive

Definition: Assistive

Assistive

Adjective

1. Giving assistance.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Assistive" is a common misspelling or typo for: assertive.


Crosswords: Assistive

Specialty definitions using "assistive": CORRECTIVE THERAPIST. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Assistive

DomainTitle

Books

  • Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) (reference)

  • Assistive Technology for Children With Disabilities: A Guide for Providing Family-Centered Services (reference)

  • Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices (reference)

  • Clinician's Guide to Assistive Technology (1st Edition) (reference)

  • Evaluating, Selecting, and Using Appropriate Assistive Technology (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Assistive

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Auditorium-type assistive listening systems. (references)

Physical therapy, drug therapy, and assistive devices may help some individuals. (references)

Many individuals with SB will need assistive devices such as braces, crutches, or wheelchairs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Assistive

Language Translations for "assistive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hjælpeapparatur for lammede (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hulpmiddel voor verlamde (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

French

  

dispositif d'assistance aux personnes paralysées (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

German

  

Hilfen für Gelähmte (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dispositivo di assistenza per paralitici (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

福祉機器 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふくしきき. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

assistiveay

   

Portuguese

  

dispositivo de assistência a paralíticos (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asistencia a los paralíticos (assistive device for paralysed persons). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Assistive"

Words rhyming with "assistive" (pronounced 'As*sist"ive'): Acceptive, Adaptive, Adjustive, Adoptive, Affrontive, Appointive, Arrestive, Aspersive, Assentive, Assertive, Attemptive, Attestive, Boastive, Circumventive, Compressive, Concoctive, Conductive, Conflictive, Congestive, Connexive, Constraintive, Constrictive, constructive, Consultive, Contractive, Contradictive, Convictive, Corruptive, Deductive, Deflective, Fluxive, impressive, ineffective, inexpressive, infective, instructive, inventive, Luxive, massive, Neglective, Noneffective, Oppressive, Percussive, Perfective, Persistive, Polive, Portentive, Predictive, Presentive, Protective. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Assistive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-s-s-s-t-v"

-2 letters: siestas, tassies.

-3 letters: assets, assist, isseis, siesta, stases, stasis, staves, tasses, tassie, vestas, visits, vistas.

-4 letters: asses, asset, easts, issei, ivies, sates, satis, saves, seats, sises, sites, stave, sties, tasse, vases, vasts, vesta, vests, visas, vises, visit, vista, vitae.

-5 letters: aits, ates, aves, east, eats, etas, sass, sate, sati, save, seas, seat, seis, seta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-s-s-s-t-v"
 

+2 letters: passivities.

 

+3 letters: antitussives, transmissive.

 

+4 letters: impassivities, universalists.

 

+5 letters: aggressivities, substantivizes, transitiveness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Assistive


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 73 73 69 73 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    ...    ...    ..    ...    -    ..    ...-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0073 0073 0069 0073 0074 0069 0076 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

358585758586758871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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