partitive
Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
Origin of partitive
1Other words from partitive
- par·ti·tive·ly, adverb
- un·par·ti·tive, adjective
Words Nearby partitive
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How to use partitive in a sentence
In the classical languages the partitive power was expressed by the genitive.
The English Language | Robert Gordon Latham(b.) Etahi may be considered as corresponding to the partitive article des of the French.
Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition) | Robert MaunsellThe partitive words that can combine with singular pronouns are comparatively few, viz.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamHere a partitive sense is hinted: I shall know (some) music.
Novelas Cortas | Pedro Antonio de AlarcnIt is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwt.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book | C. Alphonso Smith
British Dictionary definitions for partitive
/ (ˈpɑːtɪtɪv) /
grammar indicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrase some of the butter is a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun
serving to separate or divide into parts
grammar a partitive linguistic element or feature
Origin of partitive
1Derived forms of partitive
- partitively, adverb
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