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partitive
adjective
noun
serving to separate or divide into parts
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adjective
serving to separate or divide into parts
“partitive tendencies in education”
adjective
indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
“partitive tendencies in education”
adjective
(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
“a partitive construction”
noun
word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
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partitive tendencies in education
the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
a partitive construction
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