Formative

['fɔːmətɪv] or ['fɔrmətɪv]

解释:

(noun.) minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function.

(adj.) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; 'a formative influence'; 'a formative experience' .

(adj.) capable of forming new cells and tissues; 'a formative zone in developing bone' .

卡梅拉校对--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

(a.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.

(a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.

(n.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.

(n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.

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同义词及近义词：

a. [1]. Plastic.[2]. (Gram.) Derivative, not radical.

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