adjective

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Adjective

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒɪk.tɪv/ or /ˈæ.d͡ʒə(k).tɪv/

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• Hyphenation: ad‧jec‧tive

Noun

Singular adjective

Plural adjectives

1. (countable) An adjective is a type of word which usually tells about the properties of people, things, and other nouns (e.g., new, small, red, & bad are adjectives). Usually it can be used before the noun or after a linking verb. It can usually be graded and described by adverbs.

   He uses many adjectives in his stories to give us a clear picture.

   Some combinations of adjective and noun are quite common.

Related words

• List of Adjectives
• More information about adjectives

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause