Definitions
1.AdjectiveCapable of forming something.
2.AdjectiveCapable of producing new tissue.
3.AdjectivePertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
4.AdjectiveOf or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something."My formative years were spent in an inner city."
5.AdjectiveOf a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
6.NounA thing which causes formation to occur.
7.NounA language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
8.NounA language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
9.NounSynonym of derivative (“a word that derives from another one”).