adjective <adj>

adjective <adj>
adjektiv {n} <adj.>

noun


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  • adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… …   Modern English usage

  • adjective — [aj′ik tiv] n. [ME & OFr adjectif < L adjectivus, that is added < adjectus, pp. of adjicere, to add to < ad , to + jacere, to throw: see JET1] any of a class of words used to modify a noun or other substantive, as by describing qualities …   English World dictionary

  • adj. — Adj. is a written abbreviation for adjective. Syn: adjective …   English dictionary

  • adj. — adj. also adj BrE the written abbreviation of adjective …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ADJ — may refer to one of the following:* Adjugate matrix * Adjective * International Air Transport Association airport code for Marka International Airport in East Amman, Jordan …   Wikipedia

  • adj — abbrev. 1. adjective 2. adjourned 3. adjustment * * * …   Universalium

  • adj. — adj. abbreviation adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • adj. — adj. (adjective) functioning to qualify or modify a noun (Grammar) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • adj — abbrev. 1. adjective 2. adjourned 3. adjustment …   English World dictionary

  • adjective — adjectively, adv. /aj ik tiv/, n. 1. Gram. any member of a class of words that in many languages are distinguished in form, as partly in English by having comparative and superlative endings, or by functioning as modifiers of nouns, as good, wise …   Universalium

  • adjective — ad|jec|tive [ˈædʒıktıv] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: adjectif, from Latin adjectus, past participle of adjicere, from ad to + jacere to throw ] a word that describes a noun or ↑pronoun. In the phrase black hat , black is an adjective …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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