adjective
IPA: ˈædʒɪktɪv
noun
- (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
- (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
- (transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
- (transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjective
- (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
- (law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
- (chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- (obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
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Examples of "adjective" in Sentences
- Bravura is an adjective, not a noun.
- The adjective was modifying the noun.
- Spanish is the adjective, Spaniard is the noun.
- 'Sexist' is the adjective form of the noun 'sexism'.
- That's not an adjective, that's a noun in apposition.
- Adjectives will inflect to the declension of the noun.
- The normal position of the adjective is after the noun.
- Bigamists is a noun qulaifeid by two successive adjectives.
- The word entitative is the adjective form of the noun entity.
- Adjectives, determiners and relative clauses may modify the noun.
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