Adjective

Word ADJECTIVE
Character 9
Hyphenation ad jec tive
Pronunciations /ˈæ.d͡ʒə(k).tɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Adjective"

What do we mean by adjective?

The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase. noun

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house. noun

Adjectival. adjective

Specifying the processes by which rights are enforced, as opposed to the establishing of such rights; remedial. adjective

Not standing alone; derivative or dependent. adjective

To make an adjective of; form into an adjective; give the character of an adjective to.

Naming or forming an adjunct to a noun: as, an adjective name. Pertaining to an adjective: as, the adjective use of a noun. Added or adjected; additional.

In grammar, a word used to qualify, limit, or define a noun, or a word or phrase which has the value of a noun; a part of speech expressing quality or condition as belonging to something: thus, whiteness is the name of a quality, and is a noun; white means possessing whiteness, and so is an adjective. noun

A dependant or an accessory; a secondary or subsidiary part. noun

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct. adjective

Not standing by itself; dependent. adjective

A color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. adjective

Relating to procedure. adjective

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. noun

A dependent; an accessory. noun

To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. transitive verb

Incapable of independent function. adjective

Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. adjective

Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. adjective

Of a dye that needs the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. adjective

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.

A dependent; an accessory.

1. Any word that describes a noun. 2. (used by retards who submit definitions to Urban Dictionary) Any word. Urban Dictionary

A word signifying a conceptual representations of an ontological possibility. What...? 1. I am not bad, I am not good, I am not smart, I am, not dumb, I am Rolyat. (whereas Rolyat is an adjective) 2. There are no adjectives that may be used to describe nothing. 3. Any adjectives, and all adjectives may describe everything. i.e; "everything sucks", "everything is great", "everything is purple"... Urban Dictionary

In coding language, an exclamation before something negates it, so !+adjective would negating the adjective, without the person who doesn't know how to code knowing. !+adjective = Not (adjective) Urban Dictionary

Word used to silence a chat during an argument about who's the best mobile player across any game. Probably the smartest critical ops player in history but also the most consistent. He's trained a number of players who have all reached the most competitive level Critical Ops has to offer. He'll be missed by many and regarded as one of if not the best British player to touch the game. Besides mobile gaming, he's also incredibly talented in various fields, and an inspiration for many. Urban Dictionary

Adding a plus sign on to any adjective ala Google+, which acts as a positive superlative. Urban Dictionary

(adj.) A word used to describe a guy that is cool, attractive and doesn't speak in long sentences and only reply in words like "Yes" "No" "Maybe" or just shrug their shoulders, nod heads or shake them "No". They usually have an evil smile in their face that makes people wonder what they're thinking about and makes girls fall in love because its so cool. They are always silent and only speak when something is important. Most of the time mistaken as emo or scheziophrenics. Urban Dictionary

The word Ho as an adjective that modifies a woman's name. The purpose describing the use of her sexual prowress and gold digging powers. Urban Dictionary

When used as an adjective, emo generally refers to an individual who is either over-emotional or tends to exaggerate situations. For example, you may call someone emo for crying over something that really doesn't merit crying. However, it is good to use the word withcaution because it generally carries a negative connotation. Urban Dictionary

When a person (usually thick) says a describing word more than once, straight after the other. It started life in the lower-intelligence areas of the world but has somehow crept up and is used in everyday life, such as football matches and even the news. Urban Dictionary

Basicly, any adjective followed by the word as, increasing the strength of the adjective. Originated from New zealand. To describe that it is cold: "its cold as bro, cold as a chili bin bro" To describe that you think something is stink(unfair,stupid):"stink as man" Generally this is one of the most used phrases in New Zealand "____ as" Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Adjective

The word "adjective" in example sentences

An adjective may, in general, be distinguished from an _adverb_ by this rule: when a word qualifies a _noun_ or _pronoun_, it is an adjective, but when it qualifies a _verb, participle, adjective_, or _adverb_, it is an adverb. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

Such an adjective is called an _adjective of three endings_. ❋ Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1900)

Find them, and give the reason.] [Footnote 2: When a noun is modified by both a genitive and an adjective, a favorite order of words is _adjective, genitive, noun_.] [Footnote 3: A modifying genitive often stands between a preposition and its object.] ***** ❋ Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1900)

A fourth kind of adjective is called by the grammarians an ADVERB; which has generally been formed from the first kind of adjectives, as these were frequently formed from correspondent substantives; or it has been formed from the third kind of adjectives, called participles; and this is effected in both cases by the addition of the syllable ly, as wisely, charmingly. ❋ Unknown (1803)

Pandemic, an adjective from the Greek pandemos, "of all the people," becomes a noun to mean "the outbreak of a disease spreading over a large geographic area," now construed as "worldwide." ❋ Ilya (2009)

Otherwise an adjective is attached, as in “temporary”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coming up with a new and different adjective is just too much for her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Their profitability advantages will be offset by weak economic growth, so the adjective is fine rather than something more glowing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My favorite is the adjective taken from the Old English word for “gore,” dreor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In fact, Wikipedia suggests that it is 'a descendant of the Latin adjective niger, meaning "black"', but that's a technicality. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

And my new favorite adjective is accro (hooked/addicted ... familiar). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The College Graduate in the past ten years does not know what a noun, adverb or adjective is nor do they have knowlege of history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here's the MW definition of 'absolute' in adjective uses (plus synonyms): ❋ Unknown (2007)

According to the Columbia Guide to Standard American English, "Democrat as an adjective is still sometimes used by some twentieth-century Republicans as a campaign tool but was used with particular virulence" by McCarthy, "who sought by repeatedly calling it the Democrat party to deny it any possible benefit of the suggestion that it might also be democratic." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Sulaym tribe; the adjective is Sulami not Sulaymi. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“Bahr” in Arab. means sea, river, piece of water; hence the adjective is needed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

As I said the other day, the important adjective is good. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Here the adjective is given an explicitly stated meaning, approximately 'referring to an end'. ❋ Unknown (1997)

1. Adjectives include words like quick, brown, and lazy, but does not include names of products, groups, or corporations which you dislike. 2. "I just ate a pasta that tasted like shit. It was so McDonald's! Get it? McDonald's tastes like shit so I turned it into an adjective describing the pasta which also tastes like shit!" "Dude, that joke is so [Family Circus]. HAHAHAH! I turned Family Circus into an adjective to describe your unfunny joke! Hot damn, I'm clever." "Don't you mean to say 'Hot damn, I'm not Bush'?" "No, because then someone would think I was stating that I'm not Bush, which, although true, does not show off the cleverness of turning famous proper nouns into adjectives for the [hundredth] time." "Oops, I guess my advice was [Tom Green]." "Man, we wish we were Kurt Cobain." ❋ Anti-typical Urban Dictionary User (2003)

Example 1. [thing 1]. [your purple] [thing 2]. no I am thing 2 thing 1. no, your [the color purple] thing 2. how do you know? thing 1. I can see you, your the same color as this room thing 2. I am purple? thing 1. yes! thing 2. Omg I am all over this room... which is purple... which is me! I am the adjective purple, ahh! Example 2. Old man. Hello young lady, I am interested in courting you.. Young lady. Ew, stay away from me perverted blah blah blah.... Old man. Excuse me, why are you calling me that adjective, perverted? Young lady. Oh.. Because I am conditioned to believe that older-men advancing on me are perverted. But now that you bring it up, I understand that it is just a mental construct that I use to frame my interactions and make more senses of the world. In fact, as far as nihilistic-existentialism goes, there is no such thing as a perv! However, your still a perv, my brain simply can not cope with the limitlessness of reality. ❋ ArCh1mEdEs (2010)

!+[adjective] = Not (adjective) ![true] = not true !awesome = [not awesome] ❋ Mising (2011)

I [feel like] Adject would be able to make [the difference] if he [was here]. ❋ Nvyy (2020)

Using any "adjective"+ - Instead of saying "Your [older sister] is more attractive than you," say "Your older sister is attractive+." Instead of, "That [bartender] was more helpful than the bitch before her who screwed up my drink and than [spat] in it," "That bartender was helpful+." ❋ JAKo14o (2011)

[Rick] is so [mysterious] ([adjective]), he's cool. She finds mysterious (adjective) boys attractive. ❋ Nothingness110 (2008)

examples: See that gold digger, she is the opitomy of a ho. what's her name? [Suzi]? Suziho! That's it she is an [adjective ho]. also used as: Suziho as in [Suzanne] is a ho Jessaho as in Jessica is a ho ❋ T_rump_supporter (2016)

Girl: [Nobody loves me], my friends aren't really my friends, [nobody cares about me], [I'm all] alone, I'm always so caring of other people and no one cares about me, I'm so selfless!!!!....etc. Me:.....GOD DAMN, YOU ARE EMO! emo (adjective) ❋ Cyrus Vyle (2007)

1) It's [a tricky] [tricky] [fixture] for Arsenal to be up against. 2)What a horrible horrible day. 3) Only thick thick people talk with double adjectives. ❋ Greg A (2007)

"Bro I cant make it to the party tonite" "sweet as" "Oi Mrs [Coles] failed me on that [assessment]!" "Thats [shit as] man" "Bro _____ Happened" "Man, thats adjective here as ❋ Meister Meister (2009)

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