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1 adjective
n. adjektiv (beskrivande grammatisk term)* * *['æ‹iktiv](a word which describes a noun: a red flower; air which is cool.) adjektiv -
2 demonstrative adjective/pronoun
demonstrativt adjektiv/pronomenEnglish-Swedish dictionary > demonstrative adjective/pronoun
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3 demonstrative adjective
demonstrativt adjektiv -
4 patronising
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5 -faced
adjective (having a face of a certain kind: a baby-faced man.) med []ansikte -
6 -lived
adjective (having (a certain type of) life: long-lived.) -livad -
7 above-board
adjective (open and honourable; not secret: His dealings are all above-board.) öppen, ärlig -
8 absent-minded
adjective (not noticing what is going on around one because one is thinking deeply: an absent-minded professor.) tankspridd -
9 accustomed
adjective (usual: his accustomed seat.) sedvanlig -
10 admiring
adjective an admiring glance.) beundrande -
11 adoring
adjective adoring parents.) hängiven, kärleksfull -
12 agitated
adjective upprörd -
13 agonised
adjective (showing agony: He had an agonized expression on his face as he lost the match.) plågad -
14 agonising
adjective (causing agony: an agonizing pain.) kvalfull, plågsam -
15 agonized
adjective (showing agony: He had an agonized expression on his face as he lost the match.) plågad -
16 air-conditioned
adjective (having air-conditioning: an air-conditioned building.) luftkonditionerad -
17 all go
adjective (very busy: It's all go in this office today.) fullt upp, full fart -
18 all-out
adjective (using the greatest effort possible: an all-out attempt.) ytterlig, total -
19 anorexic
adjective, noun (suffering from anorexia nervosa; a person who suffers from anorexia: Anorexics can endanger their lives; She looks so thin because she is anorectic.) -
20 anti-aircraft
(used against enemy aircraft: anti-aircraft defences.) luftvärns-
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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
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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
Adjective — Ad jec*tive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See {Adject}.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a word used to describe or modify a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical. DERIVATIVES adjectival adjective. ORIGIN Old French adjectif, from Latin adicere add … English terms dictionary
adjective — index procedural Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adjective — [n] word that modifies a noun accessory, additional, adjunct, adnoun, attribute, attributive, dependent, descriptive, identifier, modifier, qualifier; concept 275 … New thesaurus
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 — /ˈædʒəktɪv / (say ajuhktiv) noun 1. Grammar a. one of the major word classes in many languages, comprising words that typically modify a noun. b. such a word, as wise in a wise ruler, or in she is wise. –adjective 2. Grammar relating to an… …