attributive
- adjective
- /əˈtrɪb.jʊ.tɪv/
- Specialized
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atributivo
- However, if my wife were to say to me, "Go see the man in the Brooks Brothers suit," it is likely that she speaks with an attributive, or rich, semantic intention.
Examples
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In the sentence 'The tall building is impressive,' 'tall' is an attributive adjective modifying 'building.'
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You could even make an argument that, because there is no regular adjectivalization of a place name, people default to attributive nouns, but they still have a preference for an adjective when one is available.
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"When there's a choice between an adjectival form of a place on the one hand, and the equivalent attributive noun on the other, the tendency seems to be that the adjective is chosen for nations, while the noun is used for smaller political divisions."
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When there's a choice between an adjectival form of a place on the one hand and the equivalent attributive noun on the other, the tendency seems to be that the adjective is chosen for nations, while the noun is used for smaller political divisions.
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An attributive word usually comes before a noun, like in the phrase 'red apple.'
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The adjective 'beautiful' is used attributively when we say 'a beautiful sunset.'
Synonyms
An adjective that comes before the noun it describes
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A noun with 's that shows who owns or is closely connected to something
- Specialized
A noun using the 's form before another noun to show who owns or is connected to it
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word attributive comes from attribute, which has the parts ad- ('to') and tribuere ('give'). So an attributive adjective gives a quality to a noun, which is why it usually comes before a noun to describe it.
