Formative

Origin

From Middle French formatif

Full definition of formative

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.My formative years were spent in an inner city.
2. Capable of forming something.
3. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
4. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.

Derived terms

• formativeness

Noun

1. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.----