Synonym: plastic, shaping. Similar words: affirmative, affirmative action, formation, reformation, information, malformation, transformation, misinformation. Meaning: ['fɔrmətɪv /'fɔːm-] 
n. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function. adj. 1. susceptible to alteration by development and experience 2. capable of forming new cells and tissues 3. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning.
n. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function. adj. 1. susceptible to alteration by development and experience 2. capable of forming new cells and tissues 3. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning. 
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1. He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.
2. The most formative period of life is childhood.
3. She spent her formative years in Africa.
4. Parents have the greatest formative effect on their children's behaviour.
5. She was born in Barbados but spent her formative years in east London.
6. She was born in Spain but spent her formative years in Italy.
7. International politics were a formative influence on the British labour movement.
8. The Marines were a formative experience for Bernie.
9. Childhood provides a vital formative stage for development.
10. We were married for the formative period.
11. So how do you do formative assessment?
12. The plan is still in a formative stage.
13. He is too far removed from its formative processes.
14. This involved his formative experience as a young anthropologist.
15. Emphasis was on formative evaluation in connection with the educational process in a specific undergraduate course.
16. In the formative stages of Peace Corps development,(sentencedict.com) there were ample reasons for this imbalance.
17. Formative assessment seeks to serve pupils' interests by helping teachers teach more effectively.
18. The formative years of a genius are a perennially fascinating and tantalising subject.
19. Still, in the formative years of Macintosh, Sculley was actively remaking Apple into a large and successful company.
20. I learned a great deal during that formative period about what made people tick and one saw what life was really like.
21. There will be an emphasis on formative assessment methods showing the role of the teacher and the response of learner.
22. His formative influence as a boy had been John Cassell's Popular Educator,[sentencedict.com] first published in 1852.
23. The massive intellect of his mother had been a formative influence from his earliest years.
24. Tutors will also make a positive contribution to learning through structured input, tutor-led discussion and formative assessment of individuals.
25. Besides, even within cell biology, ideas on the cell cycle were still in the formative stages.
26. His opposite number, Clive Lloyd, had already been through the two formative experiences of his captaincy.
27. To my mind this is based on the proportion, or degree of influence in relation to my formative years.
28. On the face of it, his wife, Jean, had a very different formative experience.
29. It's well matched to the needs of most GCSE courses and its formative rather than summative approach is to be recommended.
30. Today's elderly experienced great hardship and deprivation during their formative years.
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