Associations to the word «Formative»

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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin