formative
- adjective
- /ˈfɔːrmətɪv/
- My time at summer camp was a formative experience that shaped my love for nature.
- formative assessments
- formative evaluation
- formative feedback
So, so I think those were the big formative steps.
- So, so I think those were the big formative steps.
- I'd realized in your formative years, you don't know.
- So that was really formative in asking bigger questions.
- Well, these are very formative years and people ask me so much.
- You know, that would be a very formative experience in my life.
- They were hugely formative in my ideology in so many ways.
- So let's let's talk a little bit about the formative years of The Rock before The Rock.
- What were key parts of your early life that were kind of formative experiences for who you are now?
- You know, I don't, I have one memory from when I was three that was pretty formative and, and rough.
- It it's such a formative time.
- So your life is being set in ways that are just that are formative between ages of zero and four.
- Is there a memory from when you were young that was very formative to you?
- We had such a unique experience, shared experience during our highly formative years.
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What were key parts of your early life that were kind of formative experiences for who you are now?
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I spent my formative years underground, where everything was dark and wet and hot.
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Well, these are very formative years and people ask me so much.
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You know, that would be a very formative experience in my life.
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And spent most of my formative years.
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Growing up with a group of people, it's your personal history, your formative years.
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It's a journey that many scientists tell us was a formative one for our species.
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But obviously this was a huge loss for them during the very formative period of their existence.
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But what are some of your earliest, most formative memories from your childhood?
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So I thought, I could provide a positive influence in what I am sure was a formative and probably tumultuous time for you.
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- Specialized
A cell in an early embryo that can grow into a specific part of the body
How Formative
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Etymology
Formative comes from the Latin formare, meaning 'to form' or 'to shape'. Imagine a potter shaping clay: a formative experience 'shapes' who you become, so the word means something that strongly influences growth.