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Word of the day
for October 5
formative adj
  1. Capable of forming something.
    1. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
    2. (linguistic morphology) Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
  2. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
  3. (education) Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

formative n

  1. A thing which causes formation to occur.
  2. (linguistic morphology)
    1. A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
    2. Synonym of derivative (“a word that derives from another one”)

Today is World Teachers’ Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to highlight the rights and responsibilities of teachers around the world. It marks the adoption by states of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers on this day in 1966.

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