adjective pronoun

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• Pronoun — ExamplesSidebar|35% * I love you. * She turned and stared at them. * That reminds me of something. * Who says so? * Take it or leave it (Impersonal pronoun).In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro form that substitutes for a (including a… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• adjective */ — UK [ˈædʒɪktɪv] / US [ˈædʒəktɪv] noun [countable] Word forms adjective : singular adjective plural adjectives linguistics a word used for describing a noun or pronoun. The word big in a big house is an adjective …   English dictionary

• 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

• adjective —  A word that qualifies a noun or pronoun: a brick house, a small boy, a blue dress. Most adjectives have three forms: the positive (big), the comparative (bigger), and the superlative (biggest). Although adjectives are usually easy to recognize… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• adjective — ad|jec|tive [ ædʒəktıv ] noun count * a word used for describing a noun or pronoun. The word big in a big house is an adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• adjective clause — Gram. a relative clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, as who saw us in It was she who saw us. * * * …   Universalium

• pronoun — /proh nown /, n. Gram. any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are… …   Universalium

• adjective phrase — noun A phrase that collectively modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and be modified by an adverb. ;Examples , That house down the block is a hideous shade of… …   Wiktionary

• pronoun — noun A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other. See… …   Wiktionary

• pronoun — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plural, singular ▪ first person, second person, etc. ▪ anaphoric, definite, demonstrative, indefini …   Collocations dictionary