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attributive adjective

attributive adjective noun: an adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.

Noun

attributive adjective (plural attributive adjectives)

  1. An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.
    • The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.
    • In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.

attributive adjective meaning in Tamil

attributive adjective in Tamil

முன்பெயரடை

Forms of attributive adjective

pluralattributive adjectives

Questions about attributive adjective

What does attributive adjective mean?
Attributive adjective means an adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.
What is attributive adjective in Tamil?
Attributive adjective in Tamil is முன்பெயரடை. See Attributive adjective meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is attributive adjective?
Attributive adjective is a noun.
What is the plural of attributive adjective?
The plural of attributive adjective is attributive adjectives.

Words near attributive adjective in the dictionary

  1. attributional complexity
  2. attributionist
  3. attributionists
  4. attributions
  5. attributive
  6. attributive adjective
  7. attributive adjectives
  8. attributive clause
  9. attributive clauses
  10. attributive noun
  11. attributive nouns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attributive adjective (page history and authors); attributive adjective (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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