formative
- Adjective. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
- Adjective. Capable of forming something.
- Adjective. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
- Adjective. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
- Noun. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
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