formativefor‧ma‧tive /ˈfɔːmətɪv $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective [only before noun] 
He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.formative influence/effect etc International politics were a formative influence on the party.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The Marines were a formative experience for Bernie.
- The plan is still in a formative stage.
- According to Aristotle, the male semen provides the formative power that shapes the foetus, mentally and physically.
- Assessment for selection and evaluation is summative; assessment to inform the teaching is formative.
- At the same time, the experience was formative in a more immediately practical way.
- For many, these works recall childhood memories; they were the silent witnesses to countless formative experiences.
- I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like.
- It must have been a considerable advantage when faced with the numerous moves the children had to make in their formative years.
- The formative years of a genius are a perennially fascinating and tantalising subject.
- The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY International politics were a formative influence on the party.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
having an important influence on the way someone or something developsformative years/period/stages etc (=the period when someone’s character develops) (=the period when someone’s character develops) He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.
He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years. International politics were a formative influence on the party. (=one that has an important influence on the way someone develops)· The trip was probably the most formative experience of my life.
(=when someone or something is developing)· This plan is still in its formative stages.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· A possible way of minimising this difficulty is outlined in the following section on more general formative assessment.· There will be an emphasis on formative assessment methods showing the role of the teacher and the response of learner.· A new formative assessment for third year students has been introduced this year - namely, an integrated workbook assignment.· Tutors will also make a positive contribution to learning through structured input, tutor-led discussion and formative assessment of individuals.· So how do you do formative assessment?· Training in educational methods for consultants and a structured curriculum and formative assessment for trainees require recognition and financial support.
· This formative evaluation led to the use of a self-paced orientation tour combined with practical exercises.· Emphasis was on formative evaluation in connection with the educational process in a specific undergraduate course.· Some modifications were made to subsequent courses as a result of information collected - formative evaluation.· The information obtained could be used for the modification of the course under development - formative evaluation directed towards the educational process.
· His opposite number, Clive Lloyd, had already been through the two formative experiences of his captaincy.· On the face of it, his wife, Jean, had a very different formative experience.· For many, these works recall childhood memories; they were the silent witnesses to countless formative experiences.· What do you consider to be the most formative experiences of your life so far, the painful as well as the good?· Empathy between generations Early formative experiences are powerful factors in establishing personality.· This involved his formative experience as a young anthropologist.
· His formative influence as a boy had been John Cassell's Popular Educator, first published in 1852.
· I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like.· We were married for the formative period.· Psychology has concluded that the most formative period of life is childhood, and in particular the first five years of life.· It has also been depicted in its formative period of development as the site of bitter industrial strife.
· This was most forcefully brought to my attention during the formative stages of a literature-search project conducted by an associate and myself.· In the formative stages of Peace Corps development, there were ample reasons for this imbalance.· Besides, even within cell biology, ideas on the cell cycle were still in the formative stages.· Childhood provides a vital formative stage for development.
· To my mind this is based on the proportion, or degree of influence in relation to my formative years.· Still, in the formative years of Macintosh, Sculley was actively remaking Apple into a large and successful company.· The formative years of many of the elderly who were surveyed was a ti-me of popular demand for greater equality.· On one hand, it provided me with a connection to my ancestral land that had been missing during those formative years.· The insecurities created by separation in the early and formative years take their toll in adult life.· He plays Roscoe Bigger a mild-mannered shop teacher who was a schoolyard terror, nicknamed Fang, during his formative years.· It must have been a considerable advantage when faced with the numerous moves the children had to make in their formative years.· Today's elderly experienced great hardship and deprivation during their formative years.
He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.formative influence/effect etc International politics were a formative influence on the party.- open season
- open sesame
- open source
- open system
- open-toed
- Open University
- open verdict
- open vowel
- openwork
- opera
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- opera house
- operate
- operatic
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- operating room
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- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Iraqi Freedom