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ad·jec·tive
 adjective
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- pronunciation:
- ae
j
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tihv
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Parts
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noun |
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in grammar, a word that modifies a noun or noun equivalent.
In the sentences "It was difficult work" and "The work was difficult," the word "difficult" is an adjective.The teacher asked the students to use more interesting and descriptive adjectives in their writing.
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adjective + (n.)adjective
abstract,
all-purpose,
appropriate,
bipolar,
colorful,
corresponding,
descriptive,
differential,
emotional,
evocative,
favorite,
feminine,
laudatory,
multiple,
negative,
neutral,
pejorative,
positive,
possessive,
qualifying,
relevant,
remarkable,
selected,
semantic,
substantive,
superlative,
used
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verb + (n.)adjective
append, assign, attach, consist, contain, define, precede, spill, suppress, use
(n.)adjective
+ verb
apply, assess, characterize, choose, connote, derive, describe, emphasize, employ, mind, modify, qualify, rate
noun + (n.)adjective
activation,
affect,
article,
compliment,
connotation,
deactivation,
democracy,
depression,
description,
designer,
dictionary,
evaluation,
list,
noun,
participant,
passage,
personality,
predicate,
refusal,
sentence,
set,
spectator,
suppression,
suspension,
trait,
use,
verb
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
relating to or functioning as an adjective; adjectival.
Relative clauses can be called adjective clauses because they modify nouns and noun equivalents. |
The word adjective comes from a Latin word, adjectiva, which means "added." Adjectives add information to a noun.
The word adjective
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
Example words:
abject, adjacent, adjective, conjecture, deject, dejection, ejaculatory, eject, inject, injection, interject, interjection, jet, jetsam, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, rejection, subjacent, subject, subjective, trajectory
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