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partitive

par·ti·tive

UK/ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/ uncommon
adjective (3) noun (1)

adjective

1.

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

  • “a partitive construction”
2.

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

  • “partitive tendencies in education”
3.

serving to separate or divide into parts

  • “partitive tendencies in education”
  • “the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”
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noun

1.

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

Origin

Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus.

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