About The Word Adjective

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Adjective

Adjective Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Adjective?
[n] the word class that qualifies nouns
[n] a word that expresses an attribute of something [adj] (law) applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure; "adjective law" [adj] of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjective: adjectival | procedural Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjective: adjectival | adverb | adverbial | adversative conjunction | attributive | conjunction | conjunctive adverb | coordinating conjunction | copulative | copulative conjunction | correlative conjunction | disjunctive | disjunctive conjunction | exclamatory noun | form class | form word | function class | gerundive | interjection | part of speech | participle | particle | past participle | perfect participle | preposition | present participle | subordinating conjunction | verbal adjective See Also | classifying adjective | comparative | descriptive adjective | major form class | modifier | qualifier | qualifying adjective | relational adjective | superlative Adjective In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See
{Adjective}, n.]
1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of
an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
{Adjective color}, a color which requires to be fixed by some
mordant or base to give it permanency.
3. Relating to procedure. ``The whole English law,
substantive and adjective.'' --Macaulay.
\Ad"jec*tive\, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See {Adject}.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, ``a wise ruler,'' wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. 2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller. \Ad"jec*tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. --Tooke. |
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