What is the meaning of partitive?

noun

  • Word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole.

adjective

  • Romance languages. ( relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole)
    • usage: "a partitive construction"
  • Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts.
    • usage: "partitive tendencies in education"
  • Serving to separate or divide into parts.
    • usage: "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
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