partitive

adj
/ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/UK

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus.

  1. derived from partītīvus
  2. inherited from partitif

Definitions

  1. That divides something into parts.

    • partitive tendencies in education
  2. Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.

    • The word some is used in partitive constructions.
  3. A partitive word, phrase or case.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for partitive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA