His formative years were very unhappy.
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Formative
/ˈfɔːmətɪv/
Synonyms for "formative" (192 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(3 words)
collaborative styleculture-shaping experiencesdefining moment
Strong matches (57)
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(9 words)
developmental processdiagnostic marksearly timeseducational fieldeducational imprinteducational influenceela materialsgerminalgrading term
difference of formductileeffectualelasticelementalelementaryembryonicencliticetiologicalextensibleextensilefabricablefacilefetalfictileflexibleflexileflexuousformableformal
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formationalfoundationalfree formfundamentalgenerativegestatorygivingic analysisimmediate constituent analysisimpressibleimpressionablein embryoin its infancyin the budinauguralinceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipient
Preposition(1 words)
in class tasks
Related words (96)
incunabularinfantinfantileinfixinfixationinflectioninitialinitiativeinitiatoryinstitutiveintegralintegrantintroductoryinventivelike puttylimberlissomelithelithesomemalleable
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moldablemorphmorphememorphemic analysismorphemicsmorphologymorphophonemicsmorphoticnascentnataloccasionaloriginaloriginativeparadigmparturientpivotalplasticpliablepliantpostnatalprefixprefixationpregnantprenatalprimalprimaryprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprocliticprocreativeproductiveradicalreceptiveresponsiverootrudimentalrudimentaryseminalsensitivesequaciousshapablespringystemsubmissivesuffixsuffixationsupplesusceptiblethemetractabletractileurwhippywillowyword formationword-formationyielding
Noun(14 words)
influenceinfluentialintra-school assessmentlearning experiencelearning gaplearning pointlearning taskmusical compositionplastiquereading comprehension assessmentshape materialshapingshaping factorteaching systems
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesformative assessmentformative evaluationformative experiencesformative feedbackformative influenceformative years
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- formatiu adj (capable of forming something)
Finnish
1 entries- muotoaja adj (capable of forming something)
Indonesian
1 entries- formatif adj (capable of forming something)
Latin
1 entries- operātīvus adj (capable of forming something)
Polish
1 entries- twórczy adj (capable of forming something)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It was in Algiers that he spent the formative years of his life.
Source: tatoeba (8248030)
The study finds one in four young women aged 15 to 24 are violently abused by an intimate partner. WHO officials said this is of particular concern as it is during this formative age that healthy relationships are made.
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WHO officials said this is of particular concern as it is during this formative age that healthy relationships are made.
Source: tatoeba (11585859)
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