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US
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
]
[ UK /ˈædʒɪktˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /ˈædʒɪktˌɪv/ ]
NOUN
- a word that expresses an attribute of something
- the word class that qualifies nouns
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
adjectival syntax
an adjective clause -
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
adjective law
How To Use adjective In A Sentence
- a numeral adjective
- -- _More beautiful, most beautiful_, etc. can hardly be called degree forms of the adjective. Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition
- Otherwise an adjective is attached, as in “temporary”. Matthew Yglesias » Stimulus Hypocrites Say ARRA Doesn’t Create Jobs, Try to Nab ARRA Jobs for Themselves
- For want of a better adjective, the prose is very expository.
- You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.
- The cases of the nouns do not vary in form, adjectives are seldom inflected, and only two tenses of the verbs remain, the present and the perfect, e.g., ich geh and ich bin gange. Chapter 2. Non-English Dialects in America. 1. German
- Is "silage" a positive adjective when describing a beer's aroma? Madison Beer Review Presents Beer Talk Today
- In forming an adjective, -esque strikes me as a more elegant suffix than -ish, as in enronish or the less critical enronlike. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
- Summary: Although staunch is the most common spelling of the adjective meaning “firm” and stanch is the most common spelling of the verb meaning “stop (the flow)”, both spellings are acceptable for both meanings. Stanching staunch prescriptivism « Motivated Grammar
- There are many adjectives routinely used to describe jazz fusion, but ‘restrained’ isn't one of them.
