English-Thai Dictionary

formative

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORMATIVE

a. 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic.
The meanest plant cannot be raised without seeds, by any formative power residing in the soil.
2. In grammar, serving to form; derivative; not radical; as a termination merely formative.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORMATIVE

Form "a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. formatif.]

 

1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. The meanest plant can not be raised without seed, by any formative residing in the soil. Bentley.

 

2. (Gram. )

 

Defn: Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.

 

3. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.

 

FORMATIVE

FORMATIVE Form "a *tive, n. (Gram. )(a ) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word. (b ) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

formative

for ma tive |ˈfôrmətiv ˈfɔrmədɪv | ▶adjective serving to form something, esp. having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development: his formative years. • of or relating to a person's development: a formative assessment. • Linguistics denoting or relating to any of the smallest meaningful units that are used to form words in a language, typically combining forms and inflections. ▶noun Linguistics a formative element. DERIVATIVES for ma tive ly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French formatif, -ive or medieval Latin formativus, from Latin formare ‘to form ’ (see form ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

formative

for ¦ma |tive |ˈfɔːmətɪv | ▶adjective serving to form something, especially having a profound influence on a person's development: his formative years. • relating to a person's development: a formative assessment. • Linguistics denoting or relating to any of the smallest meaningful units that are used to form words in a language, typically combining forms and inflections. ▶noun Linguistics a formative element. DERIVATIVES formatively adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French formatif, -ive or medieval Latin formativus, from Latin formare ‘to form ’ (see form ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

formative

formative adjective 1 at a formative stage: developmental, developing, growing, malleable, impressionable, susceptible. 2 a formative influence: determining, controlling, influential, guiding, decisive, forming, shaping, determinative.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

formative

formative adjective 1 schooling is not the only significant element in a child's formative years: developmental, developing, growing, mouldable, malleable, impressionable, susceptible. 2 the early Fabians had a formative influence on the social history of the United Kingdom: determining, controlling, influential, guiding, decisive, forming, shaping, moulding, determinative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

formative

form a tive /fɔ́ː r mətɪv /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗(人格 )形成の 〈時期 〉, 性格形成に影響のある 〈経験 出来事 〉; 造形の .