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adjective

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of or relating to or functioning as an adjective(adj.pert)

Example:
An adjective clause.

Synonym:
adjectival

source: wordnet30
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law(adj.all)

Example:
Adjective law.

Synonym:
procedural
Antonym:
essential, substantive

source: wordnet30
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a word that expresses an attribute of something(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
the word class that qualifies nouns(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.(noun)

source: webster1913

To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.(verb)

source: webster1913

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