cursive
A cursive character, letter or fontA cursive character, letter or font.
» I prefer to write in cursive.
Я предпочитаю писать курсивом.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A cursive character, letter or font.
Kursivbuchstabe
рукопи́сный шрифтrukopísnyj šrift, ско́рописьskóropisʹ, курси́вkursív
(countable)A manuscript written in cursive characters.
ру́кописьrúkopisʹ
(uncountable)Joined-up handwriting.
Schreibschrift, Kursivschrift, Verbundschrift
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
Examples
13 sentencesI prefer to write in cursive.
ruЯ предпочитаю писать курсивом.
Can you write cursive?
Flavio hasn’t learnt to write in cursive.
I gotta learn how to write in cursive.
His cursive writing was definitely not up to scratch.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.
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Forms
plural: cursivesSynonyms
3 synonyms- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper:longhandrunning handcursive script
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable