formative meaning
EN- NounPLformativesPREfor-SUF-ative
- (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
- (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
- AdjectiveCOMmore formativeSUPmost formative
- 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.
- Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
Definition of formative in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en formatives
- en formatively
Source: Wiktionary