Associations to the word «Formative»
Noun
- Judaism
- Evaluation
- Assessment
- Prefix
- Influence
- Christianity
- Period
- Learning
- Literature
- Element
- Tradition
- Process
- Education
- Verb
- Research
- Gustavo
- Neo
- Oaxaca
- Sung
- Foundation
- Per
- Feedback
- Shaping
- Bce
- Learner
- Pollard
- Holiness
- Figurine
- Chu
- Experience
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Boa
- Peri
- Prehistory
- Grandparent
- Stage
- Year
- Suffix
- Rabbinic
- Mentor
- Boyhood
- Alta
- Effectiveness
- Kant
- Radiance
- Sesame
- Andes
- Writing
- Heartland
- Aesthetics
- Mastery
- Maya
- Civilization
- Spending
- Framing
- Adulthood
- Sonia
- Cites
- Cosmology
- Archaeologist
- Albuquerque
- Anthropology
- Pe
- Rainfall
- Chronology
- Spirituality
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
FORMATIVE, adjective. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
FORMATIVE, adjective. Capable of forming something.
FORMATIVE, adjective. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
FORMATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
FORMATIVE, noun. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
Dictionary definition
FORMATIVE, noun. Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function.
FORMATIVE, adjective. Capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone".
FORMATIVE, adjective. Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.