ALL meanings of attributive
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A a - adjective attributive relating to an attribute 3
- adjective attributive (of an adjective or adjectival phrase) modifying a noun and constituting part of the same noun phrase, in English normally preceding the noun, as black in Fido is a black dog (as opposed to Fido is black) 3
- adjective attributive relative to an understood domain, as small in that elephant is small 3
- noun attributive an attributive adjective 3
- abbreviation ATTRIBUTIVE attributing 3
- adjective attributive of or like an attribute 3
- adjective attributive joined directly to (in English, generally preceding) the substantive that it modifies 3
- noun attributive (of an adjective or noun) preceding the word it qualifies or modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old ) and expiration in expiration date (but not in date of expiration ). 1
- adjective attributive relating to attribution 1
- adjective attributive pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute. 1
- adjective attributive Grammar. of or relating to an adjective or noun that is directly adjacent to, in English usually preceding, the noun it modifies, without any intervening linking verb, as the adjective sunny in a sunny day or the noun television in a television screen. 1
- noun attributive Grammar. an attributive word, especially an adjective. 1
- noun attributive (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive. 0
- adjective attributive (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun. 0
- adjective attributive Having the nature of an attribute. 0