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Definition of stative in English English dictionary: asserting that a subject has a particular property; a stative verb describes a state rather than an action or event, and is not usually used in progressive (3) forms, for example 'belong' in the sentence 'this book belongs to me'; expressing existence or a state rather than an action; used of verbs e; Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters; expressing existence or a state rather than an action; used of verbs (e g `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives; `be' or `own' and most participial adjectives
stative verb: (Dilbilim) A stative verb is one which asserts that one of its arguments has a particular property (possibly in relation to its other arguments). Statives differ from other aspectual classes of verbs in that they are static; they have no duration and no distinguished endpoint. Verbs which are not stative are often called dynamic verbs