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partitive

NOUN
  1. word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
ADJECTIVE
  1. serving to separate or divide into parts
    partitive tendencies in education
    the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
    partitive tendencies in education
  2. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
    a partitive construction
  3. indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
    partitive tendencies in education
    partitive tendencies in education

How To Use partitive In A Sentence

  • partitive tendencies in education
  • partitive tendencies in education
  • _ «Mīlle», _a thousand_, in the singular is usually an indeclinable adjective (as, «mīlle mīlitēs», _a thousand soldiers_), but in the plural it is a declinable noun and takes the partitive genitive (as, «decem mīlia mīlitum», _ten thousand soldiers_). Latin for Beginners
  • a partitive construction
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