Formative Definition

fôrmə-tĭv
adjective
Giving or able to give form; helping to shape, develop, or mold.
The formative influence of a teacher.
Webster's New World
Forming or capable of forming.
American Heritage Medicine
Susceptible to transformation by growth and development.
American Heritage Medicine
Of formation or development.
A child's formative years.
Webster's New World
Capable of producing new cells or tissue.
American Heritage Medicine
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noun
A derivational or inflectional affix.
American Heritage
A bound form, as a prefix or suffix.
Webster's New World

(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

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Other Word Forms of Formative

Noun

Singular:
formative
Plural:
formatives

Origin of Formative

  • From Middle French formatif

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Formative Sentence Examples

  • An organism was to him something controlled by a formative organizing principle.

  • When this stage was reached the formative age of feudalism may be considered at an end.

  • But we may say that the formative age was over when these features of the system had combined to be its characteristic marks.

  • God knows, I've seen the bastards before, in their formative years.

  • To assign any specific date to the end of this formative age is of course impossible, but meaning by the end what has just been stated, we shall not be far wrong if we place it somewhere near the beginning of the 10th century.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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formative

Words Starting With F and Ending With E

Starts With F & Ends With EStarts With FO & Ends With EStarts With F & Ends With VE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With F9 Letter Words Ending With E