attributive

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/ə.ˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/ English

Definitions

noun

(grammar) 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.”

adjective

(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.“In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.”
Having the nature of an attribute.
Serving to express an attribute of an object.

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Synonyms

prenominal attributive genitive attributative attrib adnominal adjectival adverbial adjective nominal homological autological descriptive adpositional attributal objective metonymic

Antonyms

Associated

predicative adjectives expletive referential copula noun participle modifies nouns

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