adjective

CEFRA2

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

01
noun
A word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
02
noun
Extra detail
A dependent; an accessory.

Examples

'-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.
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At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.tɪv/
/əɖˈdʒɛk.ʈɪʋ/

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noun

Extra meanings

Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

adjective

Extra meaning

Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.

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In context

Things that modify nouns (adjective, or adjectival equivalent).
The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has […] adjectived all three.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

"They'll have to invent new adjectives when I come back. You wait!"
1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 8
"We have fallen into the culture of adjectives and adverbs, and we have forgotten the strength of nouns," he said.
2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019
The Brazilian football legend, who passed away in December, has been added to the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis dictionary as an adjective to describe someone or something “out of the ordinary.”
2023 April 27, George Ramsay, “Pelé added to Portuguese dictionary as an adjective for ‘out of the ordinary’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024
it must be an adjective of dain
1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC
The whole English law, substantive and adjective.
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

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Origin

noun

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.

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In the phrase 'blue sky,' the word 'blue' is an blank— describing the sky.

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Origin

noun

In the phrase 'blue sky,' the word 'blue' is an blank describing the sky.