EnglishEspañolFrançaisDeutschItalianoPortuguêsРусский日本語한국어العربيةहिन्दीTürkçe
🔍

Formative

noun
Word Frequency: 3.1

Definitions

1.noun(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
2.adjectiveOf or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
"My formative years were spent in an inner city."
3.adjectiveCapable of forming something.
4.adjectiveCapable of producing new tissue.
5.adjective(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
6.adjectiveDenoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

Synonyms

shapinginchoativeimmatureconstructiveyoungformationsummativeinformativeinstructiveformaltrainingfirst

Rhymes With

normativeinformativeperformativeuninformativedormitiveformate of
🔗 Find words with "formative" in A2Z Word Finder
The Daily Word NerdA new word, a puzzle, and a fun fact — free in your inbox every morning.
Free forever · unsubscribe anytime · all 14 newsletters
That email did not go through — please check it and try again.