English to English
adjective
- (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
A partitive construction.
source: WordNet 3.0
- indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
Partitive tendencies in education.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
source: WordNet 3.0
- A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- serving to separate or divide into parts
Partitive tendencies in education.
The uniting influence was stronger than the separative.
source: WordNet 3.0