attributive adjective

noun

Definitions

  1. An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs

    An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.

    • The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.
    • In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for attributive adjective. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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