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Definition of adjective in English: adjectivenoun ˈadʒɪktɪvˈædʒəktɪv Grammar A word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. Example sentencesExamples - Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.
- Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.
- Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.
- An important reason for this is that most nouns and most adjectives have rather complex semantic structures.
- In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.
Derivatives adjective adʒɪkˈtʌɪv(ə)lˌædʒəkˈtaɪv(ə)l Grammar Relating to or functioning as an adjective. the words are grammatically adjectival Example sentencesExamples - the adjectival suffix -y
- ‘High and Latin’ is a coordination of an adjectival modifier with a proper-noun modifier, and sounds just as weird.
- Moreoever the rest of the lines explain and expand these references by using adjectival phrases and subordinate clauses which tell the reader to look for explanation within the poem itself.
- The other parts are adverbial or adjectival clauses.
adverb adʒɪkˈtʌɪv(ə)liˌædʒəkˈtaɪvəli Grammar It has never been obvious to me that that means corporations formed before 1901, and that is said to be a past participle, used adjectivally. Example sentencesExamples - It is the past participle, used adjectivally, of the verb striegeln.
- But in the Pledge, the phrase is used adjectivally, to modify nation.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- 'added', from the verb adicere, from ad- 'towards' + jacere 'throw'. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton 'attributive name'. Definition of adjective in US English: adjectivenounˈædʒəktɪvˈajəktiv Grammar A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it. Example sentencesExamples - Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.
- An important reason for this is that most nouns and most adjectives have rather complex semantic structures.
- Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.
- Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.
- In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’. |