- adjective
- ad|jec|tive [ `ædʒəktıv ] noun count *a word used for describing a noun or pronoun. The word big in a big house is an adjective.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Adjective — Ad jec*tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] [1913 Webster] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adjective — Ad jec*tive ([a^]d j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See {Adjective}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [1913 Webster] 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective — late 14c., as an adjective, adjectival, in noun adjective, from O.Fr. adjectif (14c.), from L. adjectivum that is added to (the noun), neut. of adjectivus added, from pp. of adicere to throw or place (a thing) near, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad ))… … Etymology dictionary
Adjective — Ad jec*tive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See {Adject}.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective — index procedural Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… … Wikipedia
adjective — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French adjectif, from Late Latin adjectivus, from Latin adjectus, past participle of adjicere to throw to, from ad + jacere to throw more at jet Date: 14th century 1.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
adjective — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attributive, predicative ▪ Attributive adjectives precede the noun. ▪ comparative, superlative ▪ gradable, non gradable … Collocations dictionary
adjective — 1. adjective a) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an… … Wiktionary
adjective — n. 1) to compare an adjective 2) an attributive; descriptive; possessive; predicate, predicative adjective 3) adjectives modify nouns * * * [ ædʒɪktɪv] descriptive possessive predicate predicative adjective an attributive to compare an adjective… … Combinatory dictionary
adjective — adjectively, adv. /aj ik tiv/, n. 1. Gram. any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns, as good, wise … Universalium
