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1. (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
   "a partitive construction"
    
2. Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
   "partitive tendencies in education"
    
3. Serving to separate or divide into parts
   "partitive tendencies in education"
   - separative

1. Word (such a 'some' or 'less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

Derived forms: partitives

See also: disjunctive, part, partition

Type of: word

Encyclopedia: Partitive