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.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Adjective
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