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attributives

attributives is the plural of attributive.

Meaning of attributive

Noun

attributive (plural attributives)

  1. An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
    • In "this big house," big is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.

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Questions about attributives

What is attributives the plural of?
Attributives is the plural of attributive.

Words near attributives in the dictionary

  1. attributive nouns
  2. attributive verb
  3. attributive verbs
  4. attributively
  5. attributiveness
  6. attributives
  7. attributor
  8. attributors
  9. Attridge
  10. Attridges
  11. Attris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: attributives (page history and authors); attributive (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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