adjective
noun/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
(grammar)- a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, blue and clever in a big house, blue sky and a clever idea
- ‘Reliable’ is not an adjective that could be applied to my car.
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagea1- ‘My’ is a possessive adjective.
- Adjectives qualify nouns.
- Attributive adjectives precede the noun.
- Predicative adjectives follow the noun.
- adjectives describing texture
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attributive
- predicative
- comparative
- …
- apply
- describe
- modify
- qualify
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.Want to learn more?
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