partitive
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English
Definitions
noun
- (grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.
adjective
- That divides something into parts.“partitive tendencies in education”
- (grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.“The word some is used in partitive constructions.”
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Synonyms
separativedisjunctivegenitivegenitivespartiteparttripartiblebipartientsemidividedmultipartitefractionalbipartileparteddividablesemipartitionedbipartible