English Explanatory Dictionary

compositive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
  2. Characterized by forming an understanding through the accumulation or combination of details, as opposed to deduction from a theoretical model.

Word forms

compositive more compositive most compositive

Etymology

Latin compositivus, from com- (“together”) + positus (“placed”).

Derived words

compositively
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