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partitive article

partitive article noun: a type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a mass noun such as water, to indicate a non-specific quantity of it; class of determiner, with the closest English equivalent being some.

Noun

partitive article (plural partitive articles)

  1. A type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a mass noun such as water, to indicate a non-specific quantity of it; class of determiner, with the closest English equivalent being some.

Forms of partitive article

pluralpartitive articles

Questions about partitive article

What does partitive article mean?
Partitive article means a type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a mass noun such as water, to indicate a non-specific quantity of it; class of determiner, with the closest English equivalent being some.
What part of speech is partitive article?
Partitive article is a noun.
What is the plural of partitive article?
The plural of partitive article is partitive articles.

Words near partitive article in the dictionary

  1. partitions
  2. partitions of unity
  3. partitive
  4. partitive ablative
  5. partitive ablatives
  6. partitive article
  7. partitive articles
  8. partitive case
  9. partitive cases
  10. partitive dative
  11. partitive datives

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