partitive
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(a) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
- a partitive construction
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(a) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
- partitive tendencies in education
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(s) serving to separate or divide into parts
- partitive tendencies in education
- the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
Nouns
- (n) word (such a "some" or "less") that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole