Associations to the word «Attributive»

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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King