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formative
[ fawr-muh-tiv ]
adjective
- giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding:
a formative process in manufacturing.
- relating to formation or development:
a child's most formative years.
Synonyms: , ,
- Biology.
- capable of developing new cells or tissue by cell division and differentiation:
formative tissue.
- concerned with the formation of an embryo, organ, or the like.
- Education. continuous and diagnostic, and covering specifically the current material with which the student is actively engaged; ongoing: formative evaluation; Compare summative ( def 2 ).
formative assessment;
formative evaluation;
formative feedback.
- Grammar. relating to a formative, an affix that indicates the part of speech of a derived word.
noun
- Grammar. a derivational affix, particularly one that determines the part of speech of the derived word, as -ness, in loudness, hardness, etc.
- Linguistics. (in generative grammar) any element, as a word, affix, or inflectional ending, functioning as a minimal syntactic unit that can be used in forming larger constructions.
formative
/ ˈɔːəɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to formation, development, or growth
formative years
- shaping; moulding
a formative experience
- (of tissues and cells in certain parts of an organism) capable of growth and differentiation
- functioning in the formation of derived, inflected, or compound words
noun
- an inflectional or derivational affix
- (in generative grammar) any of the minimum units of a sentence that have syntactic function
Derived Forms
- ˈڴǰپ, adverb
- ˈڴǰپԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ڴǰ··پ· adverb
- ڴǰ··پ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·ڴǰ··پ adjective
- non·ڴǰ··پ· adverb
- ܲ·ڴǰ··پ adjective
- sub·ڴǰ··پ· adverb
- sub·ڴǰ··پ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ڴǰ··پ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of formative1
Example Sentences
American novelist William Faulkner, in particular, was formative to his thinking.
The cast also shaved each other's heads before filming and got shared tattoos afterwards, speaking about how they wanted to mark what had been a "formative" experience, building lasting friendships.
"It was really formative for me," Connor says about his time on the film.
In this latest study – of the children of the children of the 90s – scientists are looking specifically at formative abilities and brain development.
It is absolutely true, as Leslie chronicles in painstaking fashion, that Lennon and McCartney shared a closeness during their formative years through The Beatles’ final months as a working rock ‘n’ roll band.
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