partitive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
partitive /ˈpɑːtɪtɪv/ Grammar
adjective denoting a grammatical construction indicating that only a part of a whole is referred to, for example a slice of bacon, some of the children. noun a noun or pronoun used as the first term in such a construction.
– derivatives
partitively adverb.
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