What is "formative" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does formative mean in English? Meaning of formative definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "formative" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "formative": minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function

Noun

  • Meaning: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
  • Synonyms: formative
  • Hypernyms: language unit linguistic unit
  • Meaning of "formative": capable of forming new cells and tissues

    Adjective

  • Meaning: capable of forming new cells and tissues
  • Example: a formative zone in developing bone
  • Synonyms: formative
  • Similar: constructive
  • Meaning of "formative": forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

    Adjective

  • Meaning: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
  • Example: a formative influence a formative experience
  • Synonyms: formative plastic shaping
  • Similar: constructive
  • Adjective: Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something. My formative years were spent in an inner city.Capable of forming something.(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
  • Synonyms:

    sensitive, determinative, immature, impressible, malleable, pliant, susceptible, moldable, developmental, shaping,

    Antonyms:

    destructive, noninfluential,

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    formative in English: formative
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