aggressive

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English

Etymology

From aggress +‎ -ive. Compare with French agressif.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)

1. Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
2. (especially programming, of a method or process) Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
   • 2002, Shpeisman, T. ; Lueh, G.-Y. ; Adl-Tabatabai, A.-R., PACT 2002: 2002 International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques : proceedings : 22-25 September, 2002, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, IEEE Computer Society Press →ISBN, page 249

     The Itanium processor is an example of an Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) architecture and thus relies on aggressive and expensive compiler optimizations for performance.
3. (pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
4. (finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.

5. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:combative

Antonyms

• passive

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

aggressive (plural aggressives)

1. One who is aggressive.
2. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.

Further reading

• “aggressive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “aggressive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

aggressive

1. inflection of aggressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡ.ɡresˈsi.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: ag‧gres‧sì‧ve

Adjective

aggressive

1. feminine plural of aggressivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

aggressive

1. definite singular of aggressiv
2. plural of aggressiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

aggressive

1. definite singular of aggressiv
2. plural of aggressiv

Swedish

Adjective

aggressive

1. definite natural masculine singular of aggressiv