formative

Meaning

Adj

1. Capable of forming something.
2. Capable of forming something.
3. Capable of forming something.
4. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
5. Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

Noun

1. A thing which causes formation to occur.
2. A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
3. Synonym of derivative (“a word that derives from another one”).

Synonyms

plastic

constructive

mold

creative

shape

shaping

cultural

educational

form

instructive

its

lead-in

leave

mark

marked

model

modelling

molding

mould

moulding

on

🔛

originative

pedagogic

pedagogical

positive

prefix

premiere

salpinx

their

tube

turn

conducting wire

tube-shaped structure

be

mold making

build

by

characterise

characterize

conductor

Translations

formativo

formativo

formatiu

formateur

formatif

formante

formend

bildend

takı

prägend

خلاق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɪv/

Etymology

From 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.