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adjective
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giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
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pertaining to formation or development: a child's most formative years.
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Grammar. pertaining to a formative.
noun
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Grammar. a derivational affix, particularly one that determines the part of speech of the derived word, as -ness, in loudness, hardness, etc.
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Linguistics. (in generative grammar) any element, as a word, affix, or inflectional ending, functioning as a minimal syntactic unit that can be used in forming larger constructions.
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Formative
is always a great word to know.
So is fit. Does it mean:
| the ability of a population to maintain or increase its numbers in succeeding generations |
| adapting to the prevailing conditions and producing offspring that survive to reproductive age; contributing to the gene pool of the next generation |
Related forms
form·a·tive·ly, adverb
form·a·tive·ness, noun
non·form·a·tive, adjective
non·form·a·tive·ly, adverb
sub·form·a·tive, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
2. receptive, impressionable, susceptible.
2. receptive, impressionable, susceptible.
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Example Sentences
- Formative and summative evaluation in the faculty peer review of teaching.
- But formative knowledge is formative knowledge, and in my head, those early years call the tune.
- Those formative years left him firm of body, inquisitive of mind and resolute in spirit.
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