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Formative Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Formative? [n] minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function [adj] forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience" [adj] (biology) capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone" [adj] beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [adj] susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years" [adj] relating to or characterized by formative effects or formation; "the formative arts" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Formative: constructive \| immature \| inchoative \| shaping \| young Related Terms \| Find terms related to Formative: abecedarian \| aboriginal \| accidence \| adaptable \| affix \| affixation \| allomorph \| antenatal \| autochthonous \| beginning \| behind the scenes \| bendable \| bending \| bound morpheme \| budding \| causal \| causative \| compliant \| component \| conjugation \| constituent \| constitutive \| constructive \| creative \| cutting \| decisive \| declension \| demiurgic \| derivation \| determinative \| difference of form \| ductile \| effectual \| elastic \| elemental \| elementary \| embryonic \| enclitic \| etiological \| extensible \| extensile \| fabricable \| facile \| fetal \| fictile \| flexible \| flexile \| flexuous \| formable \| formal \| formational \| foundational \| free form \| fundamental \| generative \| gestatory \| giving \| IC analysis \| immediate constituent analysis \| impressible \| impressionable \| in embryo \| in its infancy \| in the bud \| inaugural \| inceptive \| inchoate \| inchoative \| incipient \| incunabular \| infant \| infantile \| infix \| infixation \| inflection \| initial \| initiative \| initiatory \| institutive \| integral \| integrant \| introductory \| inventive \| like putty \| limber \| lissome \| lithe \| lithesome \| malleable \| moldable \| morph \| morpheme \| morphemic analysis \| morphemics \| morphology \| morphophonemics \| morphotic \| nascent \| natal \| occasional \| original \| originative \| paradigm \| parturient \| pivotal \| plastic \| pliable \| pliant \| postnatal \| prefix \| prefixation \| pregnant \| prenatal \| primal \| primary \| prime \| primeval \| primitive \| primogenial \| proclitic \| procreative \| productive \| radical \| receptive \| responsive \| root \| rudimental \| rudimentary \| sensitive \| sequacious \| shapable \| springy \| stem \| submissive \| suffix \| suffixation \| supple \| susceptible \| theme \| tractable \| tractile \| ur \| whippy \| willowy \| word-formation \| yielding See Also \| language unit \| linguistic unit Formative In Webster's Dictionary \Form"ative\, a. [Cf. F. formatif.] 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. --Bentley. 2. (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative. 3. (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter. \Form"ative\, n. (Gram.) (a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. (b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

Formative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Formative?

[n] minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
[adj] forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
[adj] (biology) capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
[adj] beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
[adj] susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"
[adj] relating to or characterized by formative effects or formation; "the formative arts"

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Formative In Webster's Dictionary

\Form"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. formatif.]
1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as,
   the formative arts.

         The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by
         any formative residing in the soil.   --Bentley.

2. (Gram.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a
   termination merely formative.

3. (Biol.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as,
   living or formative matter.


\Form"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   (a) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part
       of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a
       word.
   (b) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage,
       as from a root.

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