Definition of SUMMATIVE

summative

Meanings

Plural: summatives

Adjective Satellite

  • of or relating to a summation or produced by summation

Adj

  • Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
  • Synonym of additive.
  • Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
  • Synonym of summary (adjective).
  • Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes.

Noun

  • A summative assessment; a test that assesses what a student learned during a course of study.
  • 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.
  • A cumulative measure.

Origin / Etymology

From sum + -ative.

Synonyms

additive, summarizing[participial adjective|part. adj.]]>, summary, summational

Scrabble Score: 16

summative is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
summative is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
summative is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

summative is a valid Words With Friends word