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attributive

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11 lettersPronunciation /əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeiirtttuvStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify

Word origin

From attribute + -ive.

Used in a sentence

  • In "this big house", big is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
  • In "this tiger is a man-eater," man is an attributive noun.
  • ATTRIBUTIVE NOUN. A noun that modifies another noun: steel in steel bridge; London in London house.

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