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Adjective - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Adjective : adj
1: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;
"adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: adjectival]
2: applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure;
"adjective law" [syn: procedural] [ant: substantive]
(noun)
1: a word that expresses an attribute of something
2: the word class that qualifies nouns
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct
signification of the verb, and to adjective also the
mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . .
adjectived all three. --Tooke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Adjective : \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See
Adjective, n.]
1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of
an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some
mordant or base to give it permanency.
3. Relating to procedure. ``The whole English law,
substantive and adjective.'' --Macaulay.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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 it, or to limit or define it, or to specify
or describe a thing, as distinct from something else.
Thus, in phrase, ``a wise ruler,'' wise is the adjective,
expressing a property of ruler.
2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Adjective |
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jaszygyrl: #factsaboutme i hate being called "cute". puppies & babies are cute. i am neither of those. pick a more appropriate Adjective, son. |
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dennis_blaze: thanks to fabolous... i have to double-check my spelling of "fabulous" when i need to use it as an Adjective... |
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