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1. (n.) adjective
a member of a class of words functioning as modifiers of nouns, typically by describing, delimiting, or specifying quantity, as nice in a nice day, other in other people, or all in all dogs, and in many languages distinguished by formal characteristics, as often in English by the ability to be used in comparative and superlative forms.
2. (adj.) adjective
of, pertaining to, or functioning as an adjective; adjectival:
an adjective phrase.
3. adjective
not able to stand alone; dependent.
4. adjective
Law. pertaining to rules of procedure, rather than those of right
5. adjective
(of dye colors) requiring a mordant or the like to render them permanent
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL adjectīvum, neut. of adjectīvus= L adject(us), ptp. of ad(j)icere to attach, add (ad-ad - +-(j)icere, comb. form of jacere to throw) +-īvus -ive)
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1. (noun) adjective
a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. (adj) adjective
the word class that qualifies nouns
3. (adj) adjectival, adjective
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
"adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"
4. (adj) adjective, procedural
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
"adjective law"
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1. (noun) adjective
a word that describes a noun or a pronoun
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1. (noun) adjective
added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence
2. (noun) adjective
not standing by itself; dependent
3. (noun) adjective
relating to procedure
4. (noun) 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
5. (noun) adjective
a dependent; an accessory
6. (verb) adjective
to make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective
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Sense: a word which describes a noun
a; air which is
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 Afrikaans: byvoeglike naamwoord |
 Arabic: صِفَه، نَعْت |
 Bulgarian: прилагателно |
 Brazilian: adjetivo |
 Czech: přídavné jméno |
 German: das Adjektiv |
 Danish: adjektiv; tillægsord |
 Greek: επίθετο (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: adjetivo |
 Estonian: adjektiiv |
 Farsi: صفت |
 Finnish: adjektiivi |
 French: adjectif |
 Hebrew: שֶׁם תוֹאָר |
 Hindi: विशेषण |
 Croatian: pridjev |
 Hungarian: melléknév |
 Indonesian: ajektiva |
 Icelandic: lÿsingarorð |
 Italian: aggettivo |
 Japanese: 形容詞 |
 Korean: 형용사 |
 Lithuanian: būdvardis |
 Latvian: īpašības vārds; adjektīvs |
 Malay: adjektif |
 Dutch: bijvoeglijk naamwoord |
 Norwegian: adjektiv |
 Polish: przymiotnik |
 Persian: صفت |
 Pashto: صفتی ؛ وصفی |
 Portuguese: adjectivo |
 Romanian: adjectiv |
 Russian: (имя) прилагательное |
 Slovak: prídavné meno |
 Slovenian: pridevnik |
 Serbian: pridev |
 Swedish: adjektiv |
 Thai: คำคุณศัพท์ |
 Turkish: sıfat |
 Taiwanese: 形容詞 |
 Ukrainian: прикметник |
 Urdu: اسم صفت |
 Vietnamese: tính từ |
 Chinese: 形容词 |
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