partitive

Plural: partitives

Noun

• word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
• A partitive word, phrase or case.

Adjective

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

Adjective Satellite

• serving to separate or divide into parts
  • "partitive tendencies in education"

Adj

• That divides something into parts.
• Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.

Examples

• partitive tendencies in education
• The word some is used in partitive constructions.

Synonyms

separative

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