PARTITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does partitive mean? 

• PARTITIVE (noun)
  The noun PARTITIVE has 1 sense:

1. word (such a 'some' or 'less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

  Familiarity information: PARTITIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• PARTITIVE (adjective)
  The adjective PARTITIVE has 3 senses:

1. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole

2. indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts

3. serving to separate or divide into parts

  Familiarity information: PARTITIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTITIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("partitive" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Derivation:

partitive (indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts)

• PARTITIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a partitive construction

Pertainym:

part (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

partitive tendencies in education

Pertainym:

partition (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)

Derivation:

part (come apart)

partitive (word (such a 'some' or 'less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Serving to separate or divide into parts

Synonyms:

partitive; separative

Context example:

the uniting influence was stronger than the separative

Similar:

disjunctive (serving or tending to divide or separate)

Derivation:

part (force, take, or pull apart)

part (come apart)