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partitive |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.) Denoting a part as a partitive genitive. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, n. (Gram.) A word expressing partition, or denoting a part From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: partitive adj 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" [syn: {separative}] n : a word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
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