An attributive adjective or noun
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attributesAn attributive adjective or noun
theed as a function word with a noun modified by an adjective or by an attributive noun to limit the application of the modified noun to that specified by the adjective or by the attributive noun the right answer Peter the Great
modifying(esp. of an adjective) Restrict or add to the sense of (a noun)
modifies(esp. of an adjective) Restrict or add to the sense of (a noun)
modified(esp. of an adjective) Restrict or add to the sense of (a noun)
prenominalplaced before a noun, esp (of an adjective or sense of an adjective) used only before a noun
qualifierA word or phrase, esp. an adjective, used to attribute a quality to another word, esp. a noun
qualifiersA word or phrase, esp. an adjective, used to attribute a quality to another word, esp. a noun
classifyingDenoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal)
modifierA word, esp. an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun (e.g., good and family in a good family house)
modifiersA word, esp. an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun (e.g., good and family in a good family house)
complements(in systemic grammar) An adjective or noun that has the same reference as either the subject (as mad in he is mad) or the object (as mad in he drove her mad)
complement(in systemic grammar) An adjective or noun that has the same reference as either the subject (as mad in he is mad) or the object (as mad in he drove her mad)
predicative(of an adjective or noun) Forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house
factive(of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left
attributive(of an adjective or noun) Preceding the word it qualifies or modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiration in expiration date (but not in date of expiration)
participleA word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast) or a noun (e.g., good breeding). In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g., is going, has been)
participlesA word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast) or a noun (e.g., good breeding). In English, participles are also used to make compound verb forms (e.g., is going, has been)