attributive
pronunciation
How to pronounce attributive in British English: UK [əˈtrɪbjətɪv]
How to pronounce attributive in American English: US [əˈtrɪbjətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
Word Origin
- attributive (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French attributif, from stem of Latin attributus (see attribute (v.)). As a noun, in grammar, from 1750. Related: Attributively; attributiveness.
Example
- 1. Attributive adjectives go before the nouns they qualify .
- 2. A kind of attributive feeling , be a few more familiar flavour ?
- 3. Adjectives are mainly used as modifying attributive .
- 4. Attributive clauses can modify nouns .
- 5. What is an attributive adjective ?