 partitive |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] serving to separate or divide into parts | |
| Synonyms: | separative | |
| Examples: | "partitive tendencies in education" "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative" |
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| Related terms: | disjunctive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts | |
| Examples: | "partitive tendencies in education" |
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| Related terms: | division | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole | |
| Examples: | "a partitive construction" |
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| Related terms: | part | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (grammar,linguistics) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | |
| Related terms: | word | |
| Similar spelling: |
partitioned partition parted partitionist partitioning parotid_vein parotitis Partida parted_leaf parotid |
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