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English to English adjective
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Causing, or being to cause, separation. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(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 | | source: wordnet30
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serving to separate or divide into parts | | Example: partitive tendencies in education
the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
source: wordnet30
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(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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