formative
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- adjective
- /ˈfɔːrmətɪv/
- Specialized
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formativo
- Myths as personal history may, therefore, be regarded as the account of crucial developmental stages in the formative years.
- formative assessment
- formative stage
- formative years
Examples
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During the Revolution's formative years, many newspapers and magazines published comic art.
Academic text (1995) -
The DMEA believes that the appropriate place for the use of student growth data is in the formative evaluation stage.
Blog text (4) -
Plans to promote development in children and parents during the formative years of family life are a rationale for early learning programs.
Academic text (1990) -
Eel and char production, although promising, remains in the formative stages in Norway.
Academic text (1990) -
The Lumbees were a relatively small and powerless tribe during the formative years when the colonial, later state government was evolving.
Academic text (1995) -
In other words, Mary Musgrove was a historical anomaly who established a niche for herself during the colony's formative years.
Academic text (2015) -
Students might be capable of providing formative feedback or perhaps even scoring their peers' minor homework assignments, but only teachers should be grading students.
Academic text (2002) -
By 1970, there were 18,000 denominations, an increase of more than 12,000 distinct denominations in the formative seventy years of the ecumenical movement.
Academic text (2015) -
The teacher designed activities that would support students' formative development.
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Psychologists emphasize the impact of experiences during a child's formative years.
Synonyms
Relating to the formation and development of body tissues like organs or tumors
About an early stage when a plan or idea is not yet developed
Compounds
- Specialized
A cell in an early embryo that can grow into a specific part of the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Formative comes from the Latin formare, 'to form' or 'to shape'. In biology the word describes parts that help make new cells or tissues, like a factory that makes new parts, so formative tissues are those that help a living thing grow.