PARTITIVE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'pârtitiv
WordNet Dictionary

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

	Synonyms:	disjunctive, separative

	See Also:	word

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Par"titive\, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.) Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive. \Par"titive\, n. (Gram.) A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.