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attributive

adj
/əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/UK

Etymology

From attribute + -ive.

  1. borrowed from attributus
  2. suffixed as attributive — “attribute + ive”

Definitions

  1. Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.

    • In "this big house", big is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
    • In "this tiger is a man-eater," man is an attributive noun.

  2. Attributing

    Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.

    • Notably, along with being attributive of color, some of those adjectives are used to characterize sound or intensity of sensation (e.g. pain may behele 'shrill' or tume 'dull'), cognitive abilities (such as hearing, vision and acumen),[…]

  3. An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

    • In "this big house," big is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.

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Derived

attributive adjective, attributive clause, attributively, attributiveness, attributive noun, attributive verb, multiattributive, nonattributive, unattributive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at attributive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at attributive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at attributive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA