Dictionary Entry
formative
formative is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
- 2adjective
Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
- 3adjective
Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
- 4noun
That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
- 5noun
A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
- 6noun
minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
- 7adjective
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
"a formative influence"
"a formative experience"
- 8adjective
capable of forming new cells and tissues
"a formative zone in developing bone"
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