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attributive
[ uh-trib-yuh-tiv ]
/ ÉĖtrÉŖb yÉ tÉŖv /
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adjective
pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
Grammar. of or relating to an adjective or noun that is directly adjacent to, in English usually preceding, the noun it modifies, without any intervening linking verb, as the adjective sunny in a sunny day or the noun television in a television screen.
noun
Grammar. an attributive word, especially an adjective.
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Origin of attributive
First recorded in 1600ā10
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Words nearby attributive
attributable, attribute, attributes, attribution, attribution theory, attributive, attributively, attrit, attrite, attrition, Attu
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British Dictionary definitions for attributive
attributive
/ (ÉĖtrÉŖbjŹtÉŖv) /
adjective
relating to an attribute
grammar (of an adjective or adjectival phrase) modifying a noun and constituting part of the same noun phrase, in English normally preceding the noun, as black in Fido is a black dog (as opposed to Fido is black)Compare predicative
philosophy relative to an understood domain, as small in that elephant is small
noun
an attributive adjective
Derived forms of attributive
attributively, adverbattributiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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