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单词 adjective
释义
adjective
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1nadj 2adj

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun (or pronoun) to make it more specific: a "rotten" egg, a "cloudy" day, a "lovely" lady, or a "tall," "cool" glass of water.
You use adjectives to give your nouns a little attitude or to communicate clearly. Without these important parts of speech, the president would live in The House, it would be difficult to give someone directions to the store, and there would only be one size available at Starbucks.
WORD FAMILY
adjective: adjectival, adjectives+/adjectival: adjectivally, adjectively
USAGE EXAMPLES
Most spent high school with the adjective “coveted.”
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
When the song ended, she declared, “That was” — she paused to choose a valid but positive adjective — “amazing.”
New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)
But she also starred in the 1964 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a title whose adjective best explains the full Debbie Reynolds experience: maximum buoyancy.
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
1
1n the word class that qualifies nouns
Hyper
major form class
any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar
2n a word that expresses an attribute of something
Hypo|Hyper
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
superlative, superlative degree
the superlative form of an adjective or adverb
pertainym
meaning relating to or pertaining to
modifier, qualifier
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
3adj of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
an adjective clause
Syn
adjectival
2
adj relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
adjective law
Syn|Ant
procedural
essential, substantive
defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
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