Noun
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word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
Adjective
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serving to separate or divide into parts
"partitive tendencies in education"
"the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
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indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
"partitive tendencies in education"
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(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
"a partitive construction"