|
|
- pronunciation:
- mIs
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a message in writing; letter.
He wrote all about his trip to Machu Picchu in his last missive from South America.- similar words:
- dispatch, letter
|
| related words: |
message, note |
adjective + (n.)missive
additional, dear, enigmatic, famous, numerous, postal
verb + (n.)missive
address, contain, deliver, detail, discuss, float, imagine, issue, miss, open, pen, preserve, quote, read, receive, send, state, title, tuck
noun + (n.)missive
date, e-mail, fan, habit, height, internet, letter, mail, matter
|
The word missive
contains the following part:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
|