Associations to the word «Attributive»
Noun
- Adjective
- Noun
- Verb
- Description
- Predicate
- Plural
- Language
- Pronoun
- Word
- Suffix
- Phrase
- Clause
- Use
- Complement
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- Gender
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- Ending
- Sentence
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- Function
- Form
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- Object
- Particle
- Agreement
- Substance
- Construction
- Non
- Article
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- Case
- Possession
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- En
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Adjective
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Wiktionary
ATTRIBUTIVE, adjective. (grammar) (of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
ATTRIBUTIVE, adjective. Having the nature of an attribute.
ATTRIBUTIVE, noun. (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVE, noun. (grammar) An adjective that describes an attribute of the noun phrase of which it is a part.
ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES, noun. Plural of attributive adjective
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN, noun. (grammar) A noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective.
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN, noun. (grammar) (when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.
ATTRIBUTIVE NOUNS, noun. Plural of attributive noun
Dictionary definition
ATTRIBUTIVE, adjective. Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.