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Definition of partitive - 2 dictionary results

par⋅ti⋅tive

  [pahr-ti-tiv]
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–adjective
1. serving to divide into parts.
2. Grammar. noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive.
–noun
3. Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
Origin:
1510–20; < ML partītīvus divisive, equiv. to L partīt(us), ptp. of partīrī to divide (see party ) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
par⋅ti⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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par·ti·tive   (pär'tĭ-tĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Dividing or serving to divide something into parts; marked by division.

  2. Grammar Indicating a part as distinct from a whole, as some of the coffee in the sentence She drank some of the coffee.

n.   Grammar

  1. A partitive word, such as many or less.

  2. A partitive construction or case.


[Middle English, from Old French partitif, from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus, past participle of partīre, to divide; see partite.]
par'ti·tive·ly adv.
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