<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Tending or serving to continue; causing continuation or prolongation.</li><li>Expressing continuance of thought.</li><li><strong>Grammar:</strong> Expressing a following event.<ul><li>Example: In "They arrested a suspect, who gave his name as John Doe," the second clause is continuative.</li></ul></li><li>(Of a verbal form or aspect) Expressing continuation.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Something continuative.</li><li><strong>Grammar:</strong> A continuative word or expression.</li></ul>