Partitive
[pahr-ti-tiv] /ˈpɑr tɪ tɪv/
adjective
1.
serving to divide into .
2.
Grammar. noting of a whole:
the Latin partitive genitive.
noun
3.
Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
/ˈpɑːtɪtɪv/
adjective
1.
(grammar) indicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrase some of the butter is a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun
2.
serving to separate or divide into parts
noun
3.
(grammar) a partitive linguistic element or feature
adj.
late 14c., “having the quality of dividing into parts,” from Late Latin partitivus, from Latin partitus, past participle of partire “to divide” (see part (v.)).
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[pahr-shuh-lahyz] /ˈpɑr ʃəˌlaɪz/ verb (used with object), partialized, partializing. 1. to bias.
- Partialized
[pahr-shuh-lahyz] /ˈpɑr ʃəˌlaɪz/ verb (used with object), partialized, partializing. 1. to bias.
- Partly
[pahrt-lee] /ˈpɑrt li/ adverb 1. in ; to some extent or degree; partially; not wholly: His statement is partly true. /ˈpɑːtlɪ/ adverb 1. to some extent; not completely adv. 1520s, from part (n.) + -ly (2).
- Partly cloudy
adjective pertaining to a condition when 3/8 to 5/8 of the sky is covered by opaque cloud cover Examples It is partly cloudy when the clouds are conspicuously present, but do not completely dull the sky or the day at any moment. See partly sunny
- Partly sunny
adjective partly cloudy Examples Though “partly sunny” is not a recognized meteorological term, it means the same thing as “partly cloudy.”