Definitions for: Partitive

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

Webster (1913) Definition: Par"ti*tive, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.)
Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

Par"ti*tive, n. (Gram.)
A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.

Synonyms: disjunctive, separative

See Also: word

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