attributive position

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• attributive — at|trib|u|tive [ ə trıbjətıv ] adjective LINGUISTICS an attributive adjective or a word in an attributive position comes before the noun it describes. For example, in the phrase a nice man, nice is attributive. ╾ at|trib|u|tive|ly [ ə trıbjətıvli …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• attributive — UK [əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv] / US [əˈtrɪbjətɪv] adjective linguistics an attributive adjective or a word in an attributive position comes before the noun it describes. For example in the phrase a nice man , nice is attributive. • See: predicative Derived… …   English dictionary

• attributive — at|trib|u|tive [əˈtrıbjutıv] adj describing and coming before a noun. For example, in the phrase big city , big is an attributive adjective, and in the phrase school bus , school is a noun in an attributive position. →↑predicative… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• attributive — adjective describing and coming before a noun: In the phrase big city , big is an attributive adjective, and in the phrase school bus , school is a noun in an attributive position. attributively adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• apostrophe — Fowler (1926) gave no information on this punctuation mark at the letter A except a cross reference to an entry called ‘possessive puzzles’, which sounds rather more entertaining. He concentrated on a number of difficulties arising from use of… …   Modern English usage

• German adjectives — In German grammar, the correct inflection of adjectives depends on the case, number and gender of the noun phrase, as well as what kind of determiner (if any) introduces the noun phrase.Like articles, adjectives use the same plural endings for… …   Wikipedia

• German grammar — This page outlines the grammar of the German language.GrammarGendersIn German all of the three genders of the Proto Indo European language have survived. The three genders are masculine ( männlich/Maskulinum ), feminine ( weiblich/Femininum ) and …   Wikipedia

• repeat — repeat, repetition The modern use of repeat in broadcasting, meaning ‘a radio or television programme that has been transmitted before’, with its attributive use as in repeat showing, repeat fee, etc., has tended to put repetition in the shade… …   Modern English usage

• repetition — repeat, repetition The modern use of repeat in broadcasting, meaning ‘a radio or television programme that has been transmitted before’, with its attributive use as in repeat showing, repeat fee, etc., has tended to put repetition in the shade… …   Modern English usage

• Differences between Afrikaans and Dutch — Dutch and Afrikaans Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch[1][2][3] …   Wikipedia