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Adjective: partitive  paa(r)-ti-tiv
  1. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
    "a partitive construction"
     
  2. Serving to separate or divide into parts
    "partitive tendencies in education";
    - separative
Noun: partitive  paa(r)-ti-tiv
  1. Word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
    "In the phrase 'some of the cake,' 'some' is a partitive"

Derived forms: partitives

See also: disjunctive

Type of: word

Encyclopedia: Partitive