Formative
Word | FORMATIVE |
Character | 9 |
Hyphenation | form a tive |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Formative"
What do we mean by formative?
Forming or capable of forming. adjective
Susceptible to transformation by growth and development. adjective
Capable of producing new cells or tissue. adjective
Of or relating to formation, growth, or development. adjective
Relating to the formation or inflection of words. adjective
A derivational or inflectional affix. noun
Giving form or shape; having the power of giving form; plastic; shaping; molding; determining: as, the formative yolk of an egg, which changes into an embryo; a formative process.
Pertaining to formation or development; related to the fixation of or growth into form or order: as, the formative period of youth or of a nation; formative experiments.
In grammar, serving to form; determining grammatical form or character as a part of speech or derivative; inflectional: as, a formative termination.
In grammar, a formative element of a word; that which serves to give grammatical form; an addition to or modification of a root or crude form, giving it special character. noun
That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. noun
A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root. noun
Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic. adjective
Serving to form; derivative; not radical. adjective
Capable of growth and development; germinal. adjective
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something. adjective
Capable of forming something. adjective
Capable of producing new tissue. adjective
Pertaining to the inflection of words. adjective
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
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