Sekirov Dictionary

formative

UK /ˈfɔːmətɪv/US /ˈfoɹmətɪv/

adjective5

  1. Capable of forming something.
  2. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
  3. Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
  4. Capable of producing new tissue.
  5. Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.

noun3

  1. A thing which causes formation to occur.
  2. A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
  3. Synonym of derivative (“a word that derives from another one”).
forms

formatives · more formative · most formative

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