summative.
Of, pertaining to, or produced by summation.
Meaning & usage
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.
summative assessment
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
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