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English adjective: partitive | |||
| 1. | partitive (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole | ||
| Samples | A partitive construction. | ||
| 2. | partitive indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts | ||
| Samples | Partitive tendencies in education. | ||
| 3. | partitive serving to separate or divide into parts | ||
| Samples | Partitive tendencies in education. The uniting influence was stronger than the separative. | ||
| Synonyms | separative | ||
| Similar | disjunctive | ||
| Antonyms | conjunctive | ||
English noun: partitive | |||
| 1. | partitive (communication) word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | word | ||
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