separative English

Meaning separative meaning

What does separative mean?

separative

— adjective (used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

— adjective (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group whereas 'each,' 'every,' 'either,' 'neither,' and 'none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, 'which' in 'which of the men' is separative

— adjective (= partitive) serving to separate or divide into parts partitive tendencies in education the uniting influence was stronger than the separative

Synonyms separative synonyms

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partitive

separatory

separatist

divisional

dissentious

disjunctive

differential