1. plural of illative; words or expressions that indicate inference or conclusion
Usage: grammar; linguistics

Examples

• The teacher explained that illatives like ‘therefore’ and ‘thus’ help connect ideas logically.
• Students struggled to identify the illatives in the complex argumentative text.
• Common illatives include words such as ‘consequently’ and ‘hence’.
• The essay lacked clear illatives to guide readers through the reasoning.
• Grammarians classify certain conjunctions and adverbs as illatives.
• Using appropriate illatives can strengthen the logical flow of writing.