FORMATIVE
\fˈɔːmətˌɪv], \fˈɔːmətˌɪv], \f_ˈɔː_m_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of FORMATIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
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beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
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susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"
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capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
By Princeton University
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minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
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(biology) capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
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beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
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susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
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That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
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A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
By Oddity Software
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Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
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That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
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A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, "The meanest plant cannot be raised without seeds by any formative power residing in the soil."-Bentley: in gram. serving to form; derivative; inflexional; as, a termination merely formative.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
