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partitive
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As an adjective, partitive means that divides something into parts. As a noun, it means a partitive word, phrase or case.
Meanings of partitive
7 meaningsadjective
That divides something into parts.
“partitive tendencies in education”
grammarIndicating a part rather than the whole of something.
“The word some is used in partitive constructions.”
(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
“a partitive construction”
Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
“partitive tendencies in education”
Serving to separate or divide into parts
“partitive tendencies in education”
“the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”
Similar: separative
noun
grammarA partitive word, phrase or case.
Word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).