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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 yvlog 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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of formative1
Example Sentences
As he looks back on his trajectory, Garcia’s own hero’s journey through Hollywood seems to mirror that of the Greek character Odysseus: a man faced with great challenges that at times feel insurmountable yet formative.
Requiring families to provide additional income documentation — rather than using adjunctive eligibility — introduces delays that could prevent young children from receiving critical nutrition support during their most formative years.
A film telling the story of actor Richard Burton's formative years in a Welsh mining village is to be released during the centenary year of his birth.
Meanwhile the London childhood home of Sutherland, who once painted Sir Winston Churchill, will be the location for his plaque as English Heritage said it played a formative role in his artistic development.
While there, she met specialist staff supporting new mothers, and visited a nursery for babies who will have to spend their first formative months inside a jail.
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