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PARTITIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Word (such a 'some' or 'less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("partitive" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Derivation:

partitive (indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving to separate or divide into parts

Example:

the uniting influence was stronger than the separative

Synonyms:

partitive; separative

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

disjunctive (serving or tending to divide or separate)

Derivation:

part (force, take, or pull apart)

part (come apart)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts

Example:

partitive tendencies in education

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

partition (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)

Derivation:

part (come apart)

partitive (word (such a 'some' or 'less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole

Example:

a partitive construction

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

part (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

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