Meaning Of The Word Partitive

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What's The Definition Of Partitive?

partitive in American English
a partitive word or form
used in setting off or separating; making a division
adjective: serving to divide into parts
noun: a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men

partitive in British English
adjective: 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 n
noun: a partitive linguistic element or feature

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