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Meaning of FORMATIVE in English

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

Use in sentences of FORMATIVE

    Meaning of FORMATIVE in English

    • Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
    • Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
    • Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
    • That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
    • A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

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