formative
Capable of forming somethingCapable of forming something.
» His formative years were very unhappy.
Meaning
5 sensesCapable of forming something.
forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
Capable of forming something.
Capable of producing new tissue.
capable of forming new cells and tissues
Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
словообразующийslovoobrazujuščij
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
My formative years were spent in an inner city.
bildend
образова́тельныйobrazovátelʹnyj
Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
Examples
3 sentencesHis formative years were very unhappy.
WHO officials said this is of particular concern as it is during this formative age that healthy relationships are made.
It was in Algiers that he spent the formative years of his life.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English formatyve, formatif (“having the ability to form”), from Old French foFrom Middle English formatyve, formatif (“having the ability to form”), from Old French formatif, formative (modern French formatif), from Medieval Latin formātīvus, from Latin fōrmātus + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing’ or ‘related to doing’). Fōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of fōrmō (“to form, to shape”), from fōrma (“a form, shape”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”) (see further at that entry). By surface analysis, form + -ative.
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Forms
more formative, most formative| Comparative | more formative Lesson |
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| Superlative | most formative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form