attributive grammar
1attributive — 1. In grammar, attributive denotes a word, normally an adjective or noun, that is put before another word, normally a noun, to qualify or describe it in some way (eg. brown in brown shoes and table in table lamp). See further at adjective 2. 2.… …
2attributive — (adj.) c.1600, from Fr. attributif, from stem of L. attributus (see ATTRIBUTE (Cf. attribute) (v.)). As a noun, in grammar, from 1750. Related: Attributively; attributiveness …
3attributive — ► ADJECTIVE Grammar ▪ (of an adjective) preceding the word that it modifies, as old in the old dog. Contrasted with PREDICATIVE(Cf. ↑predicatively). DERIVATIVES attributively adverb …
4Attributive verb — In grammar, an attributive verb is a verb which modifies (gives the attributes of) a noun, rather than expressing an independent idea as a predicate. In English, verbs may only be attributive as participles: the walking man; a walked dog; uneaten …
5attributive genitive — I noun a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective an example of the attributive genetive is John s in John s mother • Syn: ↑attributive genitive case • Hypernyms: ↑genitive, ↑genitive case, ↑possessive, ↑ …
6attributive noun — noun a noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective. For example, in the compound noun chicken soup , the attributive… …
7attributive — /əˈtrɪbjətɪv/ (say uh tribyuhtiv) adjective 1. relating to or having the character of attribution or an attribute. 2. Grammar expressing an attribute; (in English) applied typically to adjectives which precede the noun they modify. Compare… …
8attributive — at trib·utive || tɪv n. adjective; accompaniment, auxiliary; characteristic adj. acting as an adjective (Grammar) …
9attributive adjective — n. adjective that comes before a noun and not after a copula verb, (Grammar) …
10attributive — [ə trɪbjʊtɪv] adjective Grammar (of an adjective or other modifier) preceding the word that it modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog. Contrasted with predicative. Derivatives attributively adverb …
