Associations to the word «Formative»
Noun
- Judaism
- Evaluation
- Assessment
- Prefix
- Influence
- Christianity
- Period
- Learning
- Literature
- Element
- Tradition
- Process
- Education
- Verb
- Research
- Gustavo
- Neo
- Oaxaca
- Sung
- Foundation
- Per
- Feedback
- Shaping
- Bce
- Learner
- Pollard
- Holiness
- Figurine
- Chu
- Experience
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Boa
- Peri
- Prehistory
- Grandparent
- Stage
- Year
- Suffix
- Rabbinic
- Mentor
- Boyhood
- Alta
- Effectiveness
- Kant
- Radiance
- Sesame
- Andes
- Writing
- Heartland
- Aesthetics
- Mastery
- Maya
- Civilization
- Spending
- Framing
- Adulthood
- Sonia
- Cites
- Cosmology
- Archaeologist
- Albuquerque
- Anthropology
- Pe
- Rainfall
- Chronology
- Spirituality
Adjective
Adverb
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
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.