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form·a·tive
 formative
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- pronunciation:
- for
m
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
providing or capable of providing form or shape.
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| definition 2: |
relating to formation, development, or growth.
his formative period as a dancer |
| related words: |
infantile, primitive |
adverb + (adj.)formative
both, nevertheless, possibly, primarily
(adj.)formative
+ adverb
practically
(adj.)formative
+ noun
assessment,
childhood,
classroom,
component,
decade,
development,
element,
era,
evaluation,
event,
experience,
exposure,
factor,
feedback,
function,
identity,
improvement,
influence,
instruction,
mathematics,
outcome,
period,
phase,
portfolio,
principle,
procedure,
progress,
purpose,
relationship,
research,
role,
stage,
supervision,
trait,
year
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| derivations: |
formatively (adv.), formativeness (n.) |
The word formative
contains the following parts:
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
  Example words:
aliform, antiformalist, antireform, auriform, coliform, conform, conformable, conformal, conformance, conformation, conformity, cruciform, cubiform, cuneiform, deform, deformation, deformed, deformity, form, formal, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, format, formation, formative, formless, formula, formularize, formulary, formulate, formulize, fusiform, inform, informal, informality, informant, information, informed, informer, iodoform, malformation, malformed, misinform, multiform, napiform, oviform, piciform, piliform, reform, reformation, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reformist, reniform, semiformal, transform, transformation, transformer, unformed, uniform, uniformity, variform, vermiform
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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