| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Adjective.[Websters]
2. To be advantaged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have attributed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have subordinated, subjected or subbed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have featured.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb adjective.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (adjective) | 1. To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: adjectiving, adjectived, adjectives, adjectiver, adjectivers, adjectivingly and adjectivedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ADJECTIVED" is a common misspelling or typo for: adjectives. |
Date "ADJECTIVED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: adjective
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. It is called also an attributive or attribute. Thus, in the phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective or attribute, expressing a particular property of ruler.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. adjective law. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Additional or adjunct. 1899, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as reproduced in Project Gutenberg) In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses "God" as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man. (references) | 3: [Noun] (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun's referent. The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives. (references) |
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Common Expressions: adjective
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adjective color | A color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. 3. Relating to procedure. ``The whole English law, substantive and adjective.'' --Macaulay. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Classifying adjective | An adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument'). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Descriptive adjective | An adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice'). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Qualifying adjective | An adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice'). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Relational adjective | An adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument'). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: adjective
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Adjective Colours | Literature | Are those which require a mordant before they can be used as dyes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Adjective or adverb | Tips from 1870 | 1: "Thomas feels quite badly about it." Here, again, it is the condition of Thomas's mind, and not the manner of feeling, that is to be expressed; hence, badly should be bad or uncomfortable. 2: "The boy feels warm" is correct. "The boy feels warmly the rebuke of his teacher" is equally correct. 3: Usage: Adjective or Adverb. There is often a doubt in the mind of the speaker whether to use the adjective or the adverb, and too frequently he reaches a wrong decision. When the limiting word expresses a quality or state of the subject or of the object of a verb, the adjective must be employed; but if the manner of the action is to be expressed, the adverb must be used. The verbs be, seem, look, taste, smell, and feel furnish many stumbling-blocks. 4: "An awful solemn funeral," should be "An awfully solemn funeral." 5: "The sun shines brightly." Bright is the better word. 6: "This rose smells sweetly." As the property or quality of the rose is here referred to, and not the manner of smelling, the adjective sweet should be employed, and not the adverb sweetly. 7: "Didn't she look beautifully upon the occasion of her wedding?" No; she looked beautiful. 8: "The child looks cold," refers to the condition of the child. "The lady looked coldly upon her suitor," refers to the manner of looking. 9: While license is granted to the poets to use the adjective for the adverb, as in the line: "They fall successive and successive rise," 10: In prose the one must never be substituted for the other. "Agreeably to my promise, I now write," not "Agreeable to my promise." 11: "He acts bolder than was expected," should be "He acts more boldly." 12: "Helen has been awful sick, but she is now considerable better." "Helen has been very ill, but she is now considerably better." 13: Do not use coarser for more coarsely, finer for more finely, harsher for more harshly, conformable for conformably, decided for decidedly, distinct for distinctly, fearful for fearfully, fluent for fluently. 14: Do not say "This melon is uncommon good," but "This melon is uncommonly good." 15: The word ill is both an adjective and an adverb. Do not say "He can illy afford to live in such a house," but "He can ill afford." 16: "That was a dreadful solemn sermon." To say "That was a dreadfully solemn sermon" would more grammatically express what the speaker intended, but very or exceedingly would better express the meaning. Source: Slips of Speech. | |
| Adjective rating (R) | Mining | A public information component of the NFDRS specific to the rating of fire danger. Adjective ratings are: low (L), moderate (M), high (H), very high (VH) and extreme (E). (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: adjective | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Adjective | 17 | Adjective | 17 | |
| Proper adjective | 12 | Collateral adjective | 3 | |
| Possessive adjective | 11 | Possessive adjective | 11 | |
| Post-positive adjective | 4 | Post-positive adjective | 4 | |
| Collateral adjective | 3 | Proper adjective | 12 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
