attributive
/ə.ˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/
noun
- 1
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
“In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.”
adjective
- 1
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
“In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.”
- 2
Having the nature of an attribute.
- 3
Serving to express an attribute of an object.
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