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adjective
Adjectives are used almost exclusively to modify nouns, as well as any phrase or part of speech functioning as a noun.
There is a huge variety of adjectives in English. While many words are inherently adjectival, such as colors (red, black, yellow, etc.) or characteristics (strong, weak, nice, etc.), there are also several categories of adjectives that are formed from other sources.
ad·jec·tive
(ăj′ĭk-tĭv)n. Abbr. a. or adj.
1. The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.
2. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.
adj.
1. Adjectival: an adjective clause.
2. Law Specifying the processes by which rights are enforced, as opposed to the establishing of such rights; remedial: adjective law.
3. Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.
[Middle English, from Old French adjectif, from Late Latin adiectīvus, from adiectus, past participle of adicere, to add to : ad-, ad- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
ad′jec·tive·ly adv.
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adjective
(ˈædʒɪktɪv)n
(Grammar)
a. a word imputing a characteristic to a noun or pronoun
b. (as modifier): an adjective phrase. Abbreviation: adj
adj
1. additional or dependent
2. (Law) (of law) relating to court practice and procedure, as opposed to the principles of law dealt with by the courts. Compare substantive 7
[C14: from Late Latin adjectīvus attributive, from adjicere to throw to, add, from ad- to + jacere to throw; in grammatical sense, from the Latin phrase nōmen adjectīvum attributive noun]
adjectival adj
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ad•jec•tive
(ˈædʒ ɪk tɪv)n.
1. a member of a class of words functioning as modifiers of nouns, typically by describing, delimiting, or specifying quantity, as nice in a nice day, other in other people, or all in all dogs, and in many languages distinguished by formal characteristics, as often in English by the ability to be used in comparative and superlative forms. Abbr.: adj.
adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or functioning as an adjective; adjectival: an adjective phrase.
3. not able to stand alone; dependent.
4. Law. pertaining to rules of procedure, rather than those of right (opposed to substantive).
5. (of dye colors) requiring a mordant or the like to render them permanent (opposed to substantive).
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin adjectīvum, neuter of adjectīvus= Latin adject(us), past participle of ad(j)icere to attach, add (ad- ad- + -(j)icere, comb. form of jacere to throw) + -īvus -ive]
ad′jec•tive•ly, adv.
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adjective
A word that modifies or describes a noun, for example, green” or “happy.”
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Noun 1. adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
adjective - the word class that qualifies nouns
descriptive adjective, qualifying adjective - an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
classifying adjective, relational adjective - an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
positive, positive degree - the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
comparative, comparative degree - the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'"
superlative degree, superlative - the superlative form of an adjective or adverb; "`fastest' is the superlative of the adjective `fast'"; "`least famous' is the superlative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`most surely' is the superlative of the adverb `surely'"
2. adjective - the word class that qualifies nouns
adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
Adj. 1. adjective - of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"
2. adjective - relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
substantive, essential - defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"
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Translations
byvoeglikebyvoeglike naamwoord
اجرائيصِفَة صِفَه، نَعْتنعتيوصفي
přídavné jméno
tillægsordadjektiv
adjektivo
adjektiivomadussõna
adjektiivilaatusana
שם תואר
pridjevpridjevi
melléknév
adjectivo
adjektivakata sifat
lýsingarorðlÿsingarorî
形容詞形容動詞
형용사
adjectivumverbum adiectum
būdvardisbūdvardinis
adjektīvsīpašības vārds
നാമവിശേഷണം
adjectivadjectival
prídavné meno
pridevnik
придеви
adjektiv
kivumishisifa
คําคุณศัพท์
прикметник
tính từ
形容词 形容詞
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adjective
n → Adjektiv nt, → Eigenschaftswort nt
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adjective
(ˈӕdʒiktiv) noun a word which describes a noun. a red flower; air which is cool. byvoeglike naamwoord صِفَه، نَعْت прилагателно adjetivo přídavné jméno das Adjektiv adjektiv; tillægsord επίθετο adjetivo adjektiiv صفت adjektiivi adjectif שֶׁם תוֹאָר विशेषण pridjev melléknév ajektiva lÿsingarorð aggettivo 形容詞 형용사 būdvardis īpašības vārds; adjektīvs adjektif bijvoeglijk naamwoord adjektiv przymiotnik صفتی ؛ وصفی adjectivo adjectiv прилагательное prídavné meno pridevnik pridev adjektiv คําคุณศัพท์ sıfat 形容詞 прикметник اسم صفت tính từ 形容词
ˌadjecˈtival (-ˈtai-) adjective byvoegtelik وَصْفِي، نَعْتِي прилагателен adjetival adjektivní adjektivisch adjektivisk επιθετικός adjetival adjektiivne وصفی؛ صفت ساز adjektiivinomainen adjectival שֶׁל תוֹאָר, תוֹאָרִי विशेषणीय pridjevski melléknévi ajektival lÿsingarorðs- aggettivale 形容詞の 형용사의 būdvardinis adjektīva- kata sifat bijvoeglijk adjektivisk, adjektivs- przymiotnikowy صفت جوړزنكي adjectival adjectival адъективный adjektívny pridevniški pridevski adjektivisk เกี่ยวกับคุณศัพท์ sıfat türünden 形容詞的 ад'єктивний توصیف có chức năng tính từ 形容词的
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adjective
→ صِفَة přídavné jméno tillægsord Adjektiv επίθετο adjetivo adjektiivi adjectif pridjev aggettivo 形容詞 형용사 bijvoeglijk naamwoord adjektiv przymiotnik adjetivo имя прилагательное adjektiv คําคุณศัพท์ sıfat tính từ 形容词Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
adjective
n. adjetivo.
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