Associations to the word «Partitive»

PARTITIVE, adjective. That divides something into parts

PARTITIVE, adjective. (grammar) indicating a part rather than the whole of something; e.g. some

PARTITIVE, noun. (grammar) a partitive word, phrase or case

PARTITIVE ABLATIVE, noun. (grammar) (uncountable) the ablative case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset

PARTITIVE ABLATIVE, noun. (grammar) (countable) a use or instance of such a ablative case

PARTITIVE ABLATIVES, noun. Plural of partitive ablative

PARTITIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) A noun case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb, or that the effect is not real. It often corresponds roughly to the English words "some" or "any." It is similar in many ways to the genitive case. Some languages that make use of the partitive case include Finnish and Estonian.

PARTITIVE CASES, noun. Plural of partitive case

PARTITIVE DATIVE, noun. (grammar) (uncountable) the dative case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset

PARTITIVE DATIVE, noun. (grammar) (countable) a use or instance of such a dative case

PARTITIVE DATIVES, noun. Plural of partitive dative

PARTITIVE GENITIVE, noun. (grammar) (uncountable) the genitive case which represents the whole or set of which the head of a partitive phrase is a portion or subset

PARTITIVE GENITIVE, noun. (grammar) (countable) a use or instance of such a genitive case

PARTITIVE GENITIVES, noun. Plural of partitive genitive

PARTITIVE, noun. Word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole.

PARTITIVE, adjective. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a partitive construction".

PARTITIVE, adjective. Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in education".

PARTITIVE, adjective. Serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative".