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ATTRIBUTIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify

Example:

'red' is an attributive adjective in 'a red apple'

Synonyms:

attributive; prenominal

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

attributive genitive (a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Antonym:

predicative (of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence)

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