adjective

Definition of Adjective in English :

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Noun

1. adjective

a word that expresses an attribute of something

2. adjective

the word class that qualifies nouns

Adjective

3. adjectival, adjective

of or relating to or functioning as an adjective

Example Sentences:
'adjectival syntax'
'an adjective clause'

adjectival

4. adjective, procedural

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law

Example Sentences:
'adjective law'

procedural

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adjective

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noun

1.

a.

a word imputing a characteristic to a noun or pronoun

b.

(as modifier)

an adjective phrase

. Abbreviation: adj

adjective

2.

additional or dependent

3.

(of law) relating to court practice and procedure, as opposed to the principles of law dealt with by the courts

Compare substantive (sense 7)

Adjective

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noun

1.

any of a class of words used to modify a noun or other substantive, as by describing qualities of the entity denoted, stating its limits or quantity, or distinguishing it from others (Ex.: good, every, Aegean)

adjective

2.

of an adjective

3.

having the nature or function of an adjective

4.

dependent or subordinate

5. Law

of or relating to practice and procedure; procedural

Adjective

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n. Abbr. a. or adj.

1. 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.

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

adj.

1. Adjectival: an adjective clause.

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

3. Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.

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