partitive
noun
- 1
(grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.
adjective
- 1
That divides something into parts.
“partitive tendencies in education”
- 2
(grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.
“The word some is used in partitive constructions.”
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