What is "partitive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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

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What is "partitive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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

Noun

  • Meaning: word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
  • Synonyms: partitive
  • Hypernyms: word
  • Meaning of "partitive": (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
  • Example: a partitive construction
  • Synonyms: partitive
  • Meaning of "partitive": indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts

    Adjective

  • Meaning: indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
  • Example: partitive tendencies in education
  • Synonyms: partitive
  • Meaning of "partitive": serving to separate or divide into parts

    Adjective

  • Meaning: serving to separate or divide into parts
  • Example: partitive tendencies in education the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
  • Synonyms: partitive separative
  • Similar: disjunctive
  • Adjective: that divides something into parts(grammar) indicating a part rather than the whole of something; e.g. some
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    partitive in English: partitive
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