non-gradable adjective

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• non-gradable — ˌnon ˈgradable 7 [non gradable] adjective (grammar) (of an adjective) that cannot be used in the comparative and superlative forms, or be used with words like ‘very’ and ‘less’ Opp …   Useful english dictionary

• non-gradable — adj. Non gradable is used with these nouns: ↑adjective …   Collocations dictionary

• 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

• gradable adjectives — are adjectives that can vary in the intensity of their meaning, have comparative and superlative forms, and can be qualified by adverbs such as very, too, fairly, etc. Greedy, large, patient, and rich are all gradable, whereas dead, female,… …   Modern English usage

• adjective — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attributive, predicative ▪ Attributive adjectives precede the noun. ▪ comparative, superlative ▪ gradable, non gradable …   Collocations dictionary

• Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… …   Wikipedia

• Adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR An adjective is a word that is used to describe someone or something or give information about them. ◊ form The form of an adjective does not change: the same form is used for singular and plural, for subject and object, and for male… …   Useful english dictionary

• adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR An adjective is a word that is used to describe someone or something or give information about them. ◊ form The form of an adjective does not change: the same form is used for singular and plural, for subject and object, and for male… …   Useful english dictionary

• quite — 1. Quite is a highly mobile word with a wide range of uses qualifying adjectives and adverbs (quite heavy / quite often), singular nouns (quite a lot), and verbs (We quite understand / I d quite like to). It causes difficulty because it has two… …   Modern English usage

• Slovene grammar — The following is an overview of the grammar of the Slovene language.Grammatical numberThere are four types of inflexion related to the grammatical number in Slovene. The future tense shall be used to demonstrate its usage. The future tense is… …   Wikipedia

• English grammar — is a body of rules (grammar) specifying how phrases and sentences are constructed in the English language. Accounts of English grammar tend to fall into two groups: the descriptivist , which describes the grammatical system of English; and the… …   Wikipedia