"summative" meaning in English

See summative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/ [Canada, US], [ˈsʌm.ə.ɾɪv] [Canada, US], /ˈsam.ə.tɪv/ [General-Australian], [ˈsam.ə.ɾɪv] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-summative.wav
Etymology: From sum + -ative. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sum|-ative}} sum + -ative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} summative (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
    Synonym of additive.
    Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: additive [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
    Synonym of summary (adj).
    Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]>, summary [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-summative-en-adj-en:concerning_summation__in_any_sense_thereof1 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 24 14 17 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 15 21 23 18 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 16 20 16 13 1 2 1 15 2
  3. (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-summative-en-adj-en:being_of_a_quantifying_type_of_assessment__in_education Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 24 14 17 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 15 21 23 18 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 16 20 16 15 1 3 2 12 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 16 20 16 13 1 2 1 15 2 Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: summatively [adverb]

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsʌm.ə.tɪv/ [Canada, US], [ˈsʌm.ə.ɾɪv] [Canada, US], /ˈsam.ə.tɪv/ [General-Australian], [ˈsam.ə.ɾɪv] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-summative.wav Forms: summatives [plural]
Etymology: From sum + -ative. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sum|-ative}} sum + -ative Head templates: {{en-noun}} summative (plural summatives)
  1. (education) A summative assessment; a test that assesses what a student learned during a course of study. Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-summative-en-noun-en:summative_assessment__in_education Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 24 14 17 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 15 21 23 18 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 16 20 16 13 1 2 1 15 2 Topics: education
  2. (linguistics) 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. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-summative-en-noun-en:word_or_phrase_that_signals_summarizing Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 24 24 14 17 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 15 21 23 18 21 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 16 20 16 13 1 2 1 15 2 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. A cumulative measure.
    Sense id: en-summative-en-noun-en:a_cumulative_measure

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The immediate future work is the treatment of summatives (with \"total\") and symmetric phrases (with the \"same\").",
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