formative period
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformativeandperiod
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formative
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.mə.tɪv/us/ˈfɔːr.mə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the time when someone or something is starting to develop ...
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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(Definition offormativeandperiodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is an interesting andformativeperiod.
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This is now in aformativeperiod.
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This was roughly the situation that existed regarding the food stamp program during the latter years of itsformativeperiod.
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Disruption of normal vision during thisformativeperiodcan have profound effects on the development of its neural connections.
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They think that theformativeperiodis not yet exhausted.
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The communities are in aformativeperiodin four ways.
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The paper reviews technologies of supply, access and control, and the uses and risks associated with water during the city'sformativeperiod.
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Their skeletal forms and the bones they used to per form their prodigious feats refer to thisformativeperiodand the creative powers they wielded at that time.
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The check should be exercised in theformativeperiodbefore decisions are made.
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That wrong is greatest when conscription is imposed upon youth at its mostformativeperiod.
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This period of adolescence, is really theformativeperiodin character building.
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Formativeperiodballplayer figurinesmost likely femalesoften wear maize icons.
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Instead of being provided with employment at the mostformativeperiodof their lives, they are allowed to drift.
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Cognitivism'sformativeperiod, 1943-1953, is coextensive with the rise of cybernetics, information, and computer sciences; in its broad sense, the term "cognitive" science signifies the study of mind.
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And this could have the effect of stifling the development of the individual within our children during the mostformativeperiodof their lives.
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These children must be better trained to give them the chance of employment at a crucialformativeperiodin their lives.
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The authority is continuing its practice of providing an additional four teachers to each new comprehensive school in theformativeperiod.
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We are taking this extra period in every young man's life, thisformativeperiod, in which he will form habits which will last a lifetime.
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We decide to have the school-leaving date as soon after the age of 15 as possible, when children are in their mostformativeperiod.
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During thisformativeperiod, there were radical changes in the local political system.
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Unfortunately, the three principal clubs did not intend in theformativeperiodof the association's creation.
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It is the only complete representative of the courtly branch in itsformativeperiod.
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It is gripping and will become—whatever one's views may be on particular recommendations—an invaluable work of reference both in theformativeperiodimmediately ahead and beyond.
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There is a grave need for toilet facilities to be adequately provided, especially in the training of young people in aformativeperiodin their life.
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