Hypertext Webster Gateway: "partitive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.)
Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Partitive \Par"ti*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
partitive
adj 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"; "the uniting influence was
stronger than the separative" [syn: {separative}]
n : word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a
part as distinct from a whole
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