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
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.