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单词 attributive
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attributive

adjective
/əˈtrɪbjətɪv/
/əˈtrɪbjətɪv/
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  1. (of adjectives or nouns) used before a noun to describe it
    • In ‘the blue sky’ and ‘a family business’, ‘blue’ and ‘family’ are attributive.
    compare predicativeTopics Languagec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAttributive is used with these nouns:
    • adjective
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    Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘a word expressing an attribute’): from French attributif, -ive, from attribut ‘an attribute’, from Latin attribuere ‘add to’, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.
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