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adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
Synonym of additive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: additive
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
Synonym of summary (adjective).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]>, abstractive, summary
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: education
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A summative assessment; a test that assesses what a student learned during a course of study.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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noun
A word or phrase, such as "in short" or "therefore", that signals that the area of the utterance (text or speech) that contains it is summarizing a larger body of information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A cumulative measure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
of or relating to a summation or produced by summation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: summational
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English sum Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English summative From sum + -ative.
